Tolerable rates of visual field progression in a population-based sample of patients with glaucoma

• Published in: British journal of ophthalmology Vol. 102; no. 7; pp. 916 - 921
• Main Authors: Salonikiou, Angeliki, Founti, Panayiota, Kilintzis, Vassilis, Antoniadis, Antonis, Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios, Pappas, Theofanis, Raptou, Anastasia, Topouzis, Fotis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Automation; Blindness - prevention & control; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Progression; Epidemiology; Female; Field study; Glaucoma; Glaucoma, Open-Angle - diagnosis; Humans; Intraocular Pressure; Life Expectancy; Male; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Patients; Population; Quality of life; Social security; Systematic review; Vision Disorders - diagnosis; Vision Disorders - physiopathology; Vision, Low - prevention & control; Visual Fields - physiology; Visual impairment; epidemiology; glaucoma; field of vision

AimsTo provide population-based data on the maximum tolerable rate of progression to avoid visual impairment (maxTRoP_VI) and blindness (maxTRoP_BL) from open-angle glaucoma (OAG).MethodsParticipants with OAG in the Thessaloniki Eye Study (cross-sectional, population-based study in a European popula...