Clinical classification of age-related macular degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a clinical classification system for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Design

Evidence-based investigation, using a modified Delphi process.

Participants

Twenty-six AMD experts, 1 neuro-ophthalmologist, 2 committee chairmen, and 1 methodologist.

Methods

Each committee member completed an online assessment of statements summarizing current AMD classification criteria, indicating agreement or disagreement with each statement on a 9-step scale. The group met, reviewed the survey results, discussed the important components of a clinical classification system, and defined new data analyses needed to refine a classification system. After the meeting, additional data analyses from large studies were provided to the committee to provide risk

SUBMITTER: Ferris FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11551519 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature