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Comparative Study
. 2020 Dec;29(12):1106-1114.
doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001651.

Development of an Age-corrected Normative Database for Saccadic Vector Optokinetic Perimetry (SVOP)

Andrew J Tatham  1 , Pam McClean  1 , Ian C Murray  1 , Alice D McTrusty  1   2 , Lorraine A Cameron  1   2 , Antonios Perperidis  1   3 , Harry M Brash  1 , Brian W Fleck  1   4   5 , Robert A Minns  1   5
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Comparative Study

Development of an Age-corrected Normative Database for Saccadic Vector Optokinetic Perimetry (SVOP)

Andrew J Tatham et al. J Glaucoma. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Precis: Normal age-corrected threshold sensitivity values were determined for a new eye tracking perimeter and compared with standard automated perimetry (SAP).

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine threshold visual field sensitivities in normal subjects performing saccadic vector optokinetic perimetry (SVOP), a new eye tracking perimeter.

Patients and methods: A total of 113 healthy participants performed SVOP and SAP in both eyes with the order of testing randomized. The relationship between SAP and SVOP sensitivity was examined using Bland-Altman plots and 95% limits of agreement. The relationship between sensitivity and age was examined by pointwise linear regression and age-corrected normal threshold sensitivities were calculated.

Results: After excluding unreliable tests, 97 participants with a mean age of 65.9±10.1 years were included. Average SAP mean deviation was -0.87±1.56 dB, SAP sensitivity was 29.20±1.68 dB and SVOP sensitivity was 32.18±1.96 dB. SVOP had a longer test duration (431±110 compared with 307±42 seconds for SAP, P<0.001). On average, the mean sensitivity obtained using SVOP was 2.98 dB higher than average SAP sensitivity, with 95% limits of agreement of -0.11 to 6.15 dB. For each decade older, SAP sensitivity decreased by 0.93 dB (95% confidence interval: 1.21 to 0.64) and SVOP sensitivity decreased by 1.15 dB (95% confidence interval: 1.47 to 0.84).

Conclusions: The results provide age-corrected normative values for threshold sensitivities from SVOP. Overall, SVOP provided a similar shaped hill of vision as SAP however threshold sensitivities were higher, meaning results are not interchangeable.

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