Clinicians' Use of Quantitative Information When Assessing the Rate of Structural Progression in Glaucoma.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

OCT scans contain large amounts of information, but clinicians often rely on reported layer thicknesses when assessing the rate of glaucomatous progression. We sought to determine which of these quantifications most closely relate to the subjective assessment of glaucoma experts who had all the diagnostic information available.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Participants

Eleven glaucoma specialists independently scored the rate of structural progression from a series of 5 biannual clinical OCT printouts.

Methods

A total of 100 glaucoma or glaucoma suspect eyes of 51 participants were included; 20 were scored twice to assess repeatability. Scores ranged from 1 (improvement) to 7 (very rapid progression). Generalized estimating equation linear models we

SUBMITTER: Gardiner SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357231 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature