解锁临床洞察力和低视力设备在初级开放角度玻璃眼患者中改变生活的影响
Gaurav Paramasivan1, Sarika Gopalakrishnan2, Mona Khurana3
1Department of Optometry, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, IND.
Cureus
|October 30, 2024
概括
低视力设备 (LVD) 对患有晚期疾病和严重视野损失的初级开角绿内障 (POAG) 患者显著改善近视力. 这种康复改善视觉功能和视力障碍患者的收入潜力.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 低视力康复治疗 低视力康复治疗
- 玻璃眼研究研究 玻璃眼研究
背景情况:
- 主要开角光眼 (POAG) 是不可逆转失明的主要原因.
- 在POAG中视力障碍 (VI) 显著影响患者的生活质量和功能独立.
- 对POAG中VI的有效管理策略对于患者的治疗结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定POAG患者视力损伤的临床概况.
- 评估低视力设备 (LVD) 在改善视力敏度和功能方面的有效性.
- 评估LVD对视力受损的POAG患者的收入潜力的影响.
主要方法:
- 对200名参加低视力护理诊所的POAG患者进行了回顾性观察研究.
- 数据提取包括人口统计,视觉敏度 (LogMAR),视野和处方LVD.
- 视力敏度在LVD使用前和后的比较,分析视野缺陷和职业状态.
主要成果:
- 显著比例的POAG患者呈现严重到严重的视力损伤,包括完全失明.
- 包括单视和双焦/渐进镜片在内的LVD显著改善了远视和近视 (p<0.004).
- 在严重视野损失 (<10度) (p<0.000) 的患者中,近视力改善显著,与改善的收入潜力相关 (p=0.0116).
结论:
- 低视力设备有效地显著改善POAG患者的近视力,特别是那些患有晚期玻璃眼和显著视野缺陷的患者.
- 了解特定的视觉需求和眼部疾病概况对于POAG的低视力康复成功至关重要.
- 及时和个性化的LVD管理可以增强视力障碍的POAG患者的功能独立性和社会经济参与.
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