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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

The Impact of Color Vision Deficiency on the Capability of Ophthalmologists to Diagnose Benign and Malignant Choroidal Tumors.

Mutasem Elfalah, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Nakhleh E Abu-Yaghi, Mona Mohammad, Ibrahim AlNawiaseh, Deema Rayyan, Moath Albliwi, Mohammad Elfalah, Fawaz AlSarairah, Yacoub A Yousef

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mutasem ElfalahDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Special Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-9677-6203
Saif Aldeen AlRyalatDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Special Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0001-5588-9458
Nakhleh E Abu-YaghiDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Special Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-6509-4082
Mona MohammadDepartment of Surgery (Ophthalmology), King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman 11941, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-8318-1171
Ibrahim AlNawiasehDepartment of Surgery (Ophthalmology), King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman 11941, Jordan.
Deema RayyanDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Special Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-0421-5143
Moath AlbliwiDepartment of Surgery (Ophthalmology), King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman 11941, Jordan.
Mohammad ElfalahDivision of Ophthalmology, Department of Special Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
Fawaz AlSarairahOphthalmology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mutah University, Mutah 61710, Jordan.
Yacoub A YousefDepartment of Surgery (Ophthalmology), King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman 11941, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0001-7750-6454
University of Jordan · JOKing Hussein Cancer Center · JOMutah University · JO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundColor vision deficiency (CVD) is an under-reported problem among medical personnel, and its impact is still not well characterized. We aim to assess the impact of CVD among ophthalmologists on the accuracy of diagnosing different benign and malignant choroidal lesions.

methodsThis is a cross-sectional study conducted on ophthalmologists. We used a web-based survey to collect responses through professional ophthalmology society social media. The survey included a set of five images for normal fundus, choroidal nevus, circumscribed choroidal hemangioma, choroidal metastasis, and choroidal melanoma, wherein each image simulated the three main types of CVD: protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia, in addition to a non-simulated image.

resultsForty-one participants were included, with a mean age of 40 (±9.2) years. They were 28 (68%) men and 13 (32%) women. Participants showed significantly low accuracy for definite diagnosis for circumscribed choroidal hemangioma, nevus, melanoma, and metastasis when the images simulated protanopia and deuteranopia, but not tritanopia. Nevertheless, participants maintained the capability to recognize the nature of the lesions for both simulated and non-simulated images if they were benign or malignant, thereby ensuring immediate referral for specialized care. The exception was with simulated choroidal nevi images, wherein participants incorrectly assigned simulated protanopia and deuteranopia nevi images to malignant lesions.

conclusionProtanopia and deuteranopia affected the accuracy of diagnosing several choroidal lesions; however, ophthalmologists with those two simulated CVDs were still able to discriminate between benign and malignant tumors.

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color blindnesscolor vision deficiencydeuteranopiafundusmalignantnevusprotanopia

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PMID37048826
PMCPMC10094880
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