TY - JOUR
T1 - Glaucomatous visual field defect severity and the prevalence of motor vehicle collisions in Japanese
T2 - A hospital/clinic-based cross-sectional study
AU - Ono, Takeshi
AU - Yuki, Kenya
AU - Asaoka, Ryo
AU - Kouyama, Keisuke
AU - Abe, Takayuki
AU - Tanabe, Sachiko
AU - Fukagawa, Kazumi
AU - Uchino, Miki
AU - Shimoyama, Masaru
AU - Ozawa, Yoko
AU - Ozeki, Naoki
AU - Shiba, Daisuke
AU - Tsubota, Kazuo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Takeshi Ono et al.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Purpose. This study examined the association between the severity of visual field defects and the prevalence of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods. This is a cross-sectional study. Japanese patients who have had driver's licence between 40 and 85 years of age were screened for eligibility. Participants answered a questionnaire about MVCs experienced during the previous 5 years. Subjects with POAG were classified as having mild, moderate, or severe visual field defect. We evaluated associations between the severity of POAG and the prevalence of MVCs by logistic regression models. Results. The prevalence of MVCs was significantly associated with the severity of POAG categorized by worse eye MD (control: 30/187 = 16.0%; mild POAG: 17/92 = 18.5%; moderate POAG: 14/60 = 23.3%; severe POAG: 14/47 = 29.8%; P = 0.025, Cochran-Armitage trend test). Compared to the control group, the adjusted OR for MVC prevalence in subjects with mild, moderate, or severe POAG in the worse eye was 1.07 (95% CI: 0.55 to 2.10), 1.44 (95% CI: 0.68 to 3.08), and 2.28 (95% CI: 1.07 to 4.88). Conclusions. There is a significant association between the severity of glaucoma in the worse eye MD and the prevalence of MVCs.
AB - Purpose. This study examined the association between the severity of visual field defects and the prevalence of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). Methods. This is a cross-sectional study. Japanese patients who have had driver's licence between 40 and 85 years of age were screened for eligibility. Participants answered a questionnaire about MVCs experienced during the previous 5 years. Subjects with POAG were classified as having mild, moderate, or severe visual field defect. We evaluated associations between the severity of POAG and the prevalence of MVCs by logistic regression models. Results. The prevalence of MVCs was significantly associated with the severity of POAG categorized by worse eye MD (control: 30/187 = 16.0%; mild POAG: 17/92 = 18.5%; moderate POAG: 14/60 = 23.3%; severe POAG: 14/47 = 29.8%; P = 0.025, Cochran-Armitage trend test). Compared to the control group, the adjusted OR for MVC prevalence in subjects with mild, moderate, or severe POAG in the worse eye was 1.07 (95% CI: 0.55 to 2.10), 1.44 (95% CI: 0.68 to 3.08), and 2.28 (95% CI: 1.07 to 4.88). Conclusions. There is a significant association between the severity of glaucoma in the worse eye MD and the prevalence of MVCs.
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U2 - 10.1155/2015/497067
DO - 10.1155/2015/497067
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928413035
SN - 2090-004X
VL - 2015
JO - Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - Journal of Ophthalmology
M1 - 497067
ER -