Bioptic Telescope Use and Driving Patterns of Drivers with Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the telescope use and driving patterns of bioptic drivers with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods

A questionnaire addressing telescope use and driving patterns was administered by telephone interview to three groups of bioptic drivers: AMD (n = 31; median 76 years); non-AMD first licensed with a bioptic (n = 38; 53 years); and non-AMD first licensed without a bioptic (n = 47; 37 years). Driving patterns of bioptic AMD drivers were also compared with those of normal vision (NV) drivers (n = 36; 74 years) and nonbioptic AMD drivers (n = 34; 79 years).

Results

Bioptic usage patterns of AMD drivers did not differ from those of the younger bioptic drivers and greater visual difficulty without the biopti

SUBMITTER: Bowers AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024559 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature