Role of frequency doubling technology perimetry in screening of diabetic retinopathy.
Indian J Ophthalmol
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2006 Mar; 54(1): 17-22
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-72407
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To study the ability of frequency-doubling technology perimetry (FDT) to detect sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy.METHOD:
Fifty-eight eyes of fifty-eight patients with established diagnosis of diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy, fifty-five eyes of fifty-five diabetic patients without retinopathy and forty-one eyes of forty-one normals underwent FDT and dilated stereo-biomicroscopic fundus examination. The sensitivity and specificity of FDT in identification of "sight-threatening retinopathy" (severe and very severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy and proliferative diabetic retinopathy) and clinically significant macular edema (CSME) were determined.RESULTS:
For the detection of sight-threatening retinopathy, two abnormal adjacent points depressed to any level on the 20-1 screening program had a sensitivity of 90.5% and specificity of 97.6%. At (assuming a) 10% prevalence of sight-threatening retinopathy in a diabetic clinic, two abnormal adjacent points anywhere in the field depressed to any level has a positive predictive value (PPV) of 48% with a negative predictive value of 98.8%. Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of CSME was poor.CONCLUSIONS:
The 20-1 screening program of the FDT is useful in the detection of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy (PPV 48%). A normal 20-1 test rules out sight-threatening retinopathy. FDT was not useful in the detection of CSME.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Visual Fields
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Vision Screening
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Retrospective Studies
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Sensitivity and Specificity
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Adult
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Diabetic Retinopathy
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Visual Field Tests
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Screening study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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