Effect of Testing Frequency on the Time to Detect Glaucoma Progression With Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and OCT Angiography.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine how the frequency of testing affects the time required to detect statistically significant glaucoma progression for circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and circumpapillary capillary density (cpCD) with OCT angiography (OCTA).

Design

Retrospective, observational cohort study.

Methods

In this longitudinal study, 156 eyes of 98 patients with glaucoma followed up over an average of 3.5 years were enrolled. Participants with 4 or more OCT and OCTA tests were included to measure the longitudinal rates of cpRNFL thickness and cpCD change over time using linear regression. Estimates of variability were then used to re-create real-world cpRNFL and cpCD data by computer simulation to evaluate the time r

SUBMITTER: Mahmoudinezhad G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11855188 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature