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. 2024 Jan 29;38(1):83-88.
doi: 10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_7_23. eCollection 2024 Jan-Mar.

Comparison of contrast sensitivity among strabismic and anisometropic amblyopes and its association with disease-related parameters

Farah Naheed  1 , Saif Ullah  1 , Mehmoona Asgher  2 , Sadaf Qayyum  1
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Comparison of contrast sensitivity among strabismic and anisometropic amblyopes and its association with disease-related parameters

Farah Naheed et al. Saudi J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate and contrast the contrast sensitivity defects present in strabismic and anisometropic amblyopes. And to find out the association of contrast deterioration with the visual acuity of the amblyopic eye, the magnitude of strabismus, and the amount of anisometropia in both groups.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in the orthoptics unit of a tertiary eye care facility between October 2021 and December 2021. There were 45 patients altogether. In the first phase, the patient's history and ocular examination data were recorded after informed consent. The Pelli-Robson chart was used to measure contrast sensitivity. In the second phase, results were interpreted using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 26.0.

Results: Strabismic amblyopes were 24 and anisometropic amblyopes were 21. A significant positive association existed between both groups' contrast sensitivity and visual acuity (P = 0.000). A moderately negative correlation between contrast and anisometropia was statistically significant (P = 0.025) in anisometropic amblyopes. However, no association (P > 0.050) existed between the contrast and magnitude of strabismus in any group.

Conclusion: The study concluded that contrast sensitivity decreases in both groups, whereas anisometropic amblyopes have poorer contrast than strabismic amblyopes. Excessively decreased contrast sensitivity among anisometropic amblyopes was solely because of the worst amblyopia in this group, whereas the magnitude of strabismus does not affect contrast sensitivity.

Keywords: Amblyopia; anisometropic amblyopia; contrast sensitivity; strabismus.

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Figure 1
Mann–Whitney U-test rank table: On the horizontal axis, is the number of patients, and on the vertical axis is the contrast sensitivity values of the Pelli-Robson chart. Strabismic amblyopes have a maximum frequency (i.e., 16) of patients with a contrast sensitivity of 2.25 (threshold sensitivity value at the Pelli-Robson chart) in the amblyopic eye while the frequency of anisometropic amblyopes was less in the 2.25 region (only 6 patients)
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