Long-term follow-up of an amblyopia treatment study: change in visual acuity 15 years after occlusion therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine change in visual acuity (VA) in the population of a previous amblyopia treatment study (Loudon 2006) and assess risk factors for VA decrease.

Methods

Subjects treated between 2001 and 2003 were contacted between December 2015 and July 2017. Orthoptic examination was conducted under controlled circumstances and included subjective refraction, best corrected VA, reading acuity, binocular vision, retinal fixation, cover-uncover and alternating cover test. As a measure for degree of amblyopia, InterOcular VA Difference (IOD) at the end of occlusion therapy was compared with IOD at the follow-up examination using Wilcoxon's signed-rank test. Regression analysis was conducted to determine the influence of clinical and socio-economic factors on changes in IOD.<

SUBMITTER: Kadhum A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7891344 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature