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ArticleBMC ophthalmology2018

Association between glaucoma severity and driving cessation in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma.

Aya Takahashi, Kenya Yuki, Sachiko Awano-Tanabe, Takeshi Ono, Daisuke Shiba, Kazuo Tsubota

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Article in BMC ophthalmology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Aya TakahashiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenya YukiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan. yukikenya114@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3985-7824
Sachiko Awano-TanabeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeshi OnoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Daisuke ShibaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuo TsubotaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinanomachi 35, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study, which included a baseline cross-sectional study and a 3-year follow-up prospective study, was to investigate the association between glaucomatous visual field damage and driving cessation in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).

methodsA total of 211 POAG subjects divided into 3 groups according to POAG severity (mild, moderate, or severe) in the better eye were enrolled along with 148 control subjects; subjects were asked about changes in their driving status. In the 3-year follow-up study, 185 of the POAG subjects and 80 of the controls annually reported their driving status. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the prevalence and incidence of driving cessation were estimated with a multiple logistic regression model.

resultsIn the original cross-sectional study, 11/148 (7%) members of the control group reported having given up driving over the previous 5 years; the corresponding figures for the mild POAG, moderate POAG, and severe POAG groups were 9/173 (5%), 0/22 (0%), and 5/16 (31%), respectively (p = 0.001, Fisher's exact test), with severe POAG found to be associated with driving cessation after adjustment for age, gender, systemic hypertension, and diabetes mellitus (odds ratio 11.52 [95% CI 2.87-46.35], ref. control, p = 0.001). In the follow-up study, the proportions of subjects who ceased driving were 1/80 (1.3%) in the control group, 8/152 (5.3%) in the mild POAG group, 5/22 (22.7%) in the moderate POAG group, and 2/11 (18.2%) in the severe POAG group (p = 0.001, Fisher's exact test). Moderate POAG and severe POAG in the better eye were found to be associated with driving cessation after adjustment for age, gender, systemic hypertension, and diabetes mellitus (moderate POAG in the better eye: odds ratio 37.7 [95% CI 3.7-383.8], ref. control, p = 0.002, and severe POAG in the better eye: odds ratio 52.8 [95% CI 3.5-797.0], ref. control, p = 0.004).

conclusionModerate and Severe POAG in the better eye is associated with driving cessation.

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AdultAgedAutomobile DrivingCase-Control StudiesDiabetes MellitusEpidemiologic MethodsFemaleGlaucoma, Open-AngleHumansHypertensionMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceVision DisordersVisual AcuityVisual Fields

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