The effect of cataract on early stage glaucoma detection using spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity tests

Klein, J., Pierscionek, B.K. ORCID: 0000-0002-8661-6353, Lauritzen, J., Derntl, K., Grzybowski, A. and Zlatkova, M.B., 2015. The effect of cataract on early stage glaucoma detection using spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity tests. PLoS ONE, 10 (6), e0128681. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Background:
To investigate the effect of cataract on the ability of spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity tests used to detect early glaucoma.
Methods:
Twenty-seven glaucoma subjects with early cataract (mean age 60 ±10.2 years) which constituted the test group were recruited together with twenty-seven controls (cataract only) matched for age and cataract type from a primary eye care setting. Contrast sensitivity to flickering gratings at 20 Hz and stationary gratings with and without glare, were measured for 0.5, 1.5 and 3 cycles per degree (cpd) in central vision. Perimetry and structural measurements with the Heidelberg Retinal Tomograph (HRT) were also performed.
Results:
After considering the effect of cataract, contrast sensitivity to stationary gratings was reduced in the test group compared with controls with a statistically significant mean difference of 0.2 log units independent of spatial frequency. The flicker test showed a significant difference between test and control group at 1.5 and 3 cpd (p = 0.019 and p = 0.011 respectively). The percentage of glaucoma patients who could not see the temporal modulation was much higher compared with their cataract only counterparts. A significant correlation was found between the reduction of contrast sensitivity caused by glare and the Glaucoma Probability Score (GPS) as measured with the HRT (p<0.005).
Conclusions:
These findings indicate that both spatial and temporal contrast sensitivity tests are suitable for distinguishing between vision loss as a consequence of glaucoma and vision loss caused by cataract only. The correlation between glare factor and GPS suggests that there may be an increase in intraocular stray light in glaucoma.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	PLoS ONE
Creators:	Klein, J., Pierscionek, B.K., Lauritzen, J., Derntl, K., Grzybowski, A. and Zlatkova, M.B.
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
Date:	2015
Volume:	10
Number:	6
ISSN:	1932-6203
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1371/journal.pone.0128681 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	11 May 2017 11:00
Last Modified:	09 Jun 2017 14:14
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30617

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