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ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2018

Objective Assessment of Activity Limitation in Glaucoma with Smartphone Virtual Reality Goggles: A Pilot Study.

Rachel L Z Goh, Yu Xiang George Kong, Colm McAlinden, John Liu, Jonathan G Crowston, Simon E Skalicky

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Article in Translational vision science & technology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04714424 (Comparing Vision Tests Integrated Into a Virtual Reality Technology Against Its Currently Used Analogues), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT04714424 completednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Comparing Vision Tests Integrated Into a Virtual Reality Technology Against Its Currently Used Analogues

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiRan2020 to 2022Enrolled84ConditionsPtosis, Macular Degeneration, AmetropiaArmsVirtual Reality Headset
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Vision Parameters Most Important to Functionality in Glaucoma.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2019
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  8. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Ophthalmology: A Contemporary Prospective.Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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6 authors.

Rachel L Z GohThe Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Yu Xiang George KongThe Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Colm McAlindenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Glangwili Hospital, Hywel Dda University Hospital Board, Carmarthen, UK.
John LiuMonash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
Jonathan G CrowstonThe Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Simon E SkalickyThe Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the use of smartphone-based virtual reality to objectively assess activity limitation in glaucoma.

methodsCross-sectional study of 93 patients (54 mild, 22 moderate, 17 severe glaucoma). Sociodemographics, visual parameters, Glaucoma Activity Limitation-9 and Visual Function Questionnaire - Utility Index (VFQ-UI) were collected. Mean age was 67.4 ± 13.2 years; 52.7% were male; 65.6% were driving. A smartphone placed inside virtual reality goggles was used to administer the Virtual Reality Glaucoma Visual Function Test (VR-GVFT) to participants, consisting of three parts: stationary, moving ball, driving. Rasch analysis and classical validity tests were conducted to assess performance of VR-GVFT.

resultsTwenty-four of 28 stationary test items showed acceptable fit to the Rasch model (person separation 3.02, targeting 0). Eleven of 12 moving ball test items showed acceptable fit (person separation 3.05, targeting 0). No driving test items showed acceptable fit. Stationary test person scores showed good criterion validity, differentiating between glaucoma severity groups (

conclusionsSmartphone-based virtual reality may be a portable objective simulation test of activity limitation related to glaucomatous visual loss. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: The use of simulated virtual environments could help better understand the activity limitations that affect patients with glaucoma.

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activity limitationglaucomatechnologyvirtual reality

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PMID29372112
PMCPMC5782825

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