| Title: |
Measuring dynamic levels of self-perceived anxiety and concern during simulated mobility tasks in people with non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration |
| Authors: |
Taylor, DJ; Smith, ND; Jones, PR; Binns, AM; Crabb, DP |
| Source: |
British Journal of Ophthalmology (2019) (In press). |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
University College London: UCL Discovery |
| Subject Terms: |
degeneration; macula; rehabilitation; vision |
| Description: |
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To assess response to real-world mobility scenarios in people with dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using a computer-based test. METHODS: Participants were shown 18 point-of-view computer-based movies simulating walking through real-world scenarios, and pressed a button during scenes which would cause them self-perceived anxiety or concern in their day-to-day life. Button pressure was recorded throughout. Pressure traces were generated, which aligned with each movie time point. Group averages based on AMD severity were generated. Bootstrapped confidence intervals (CIs) for responses by group were generated around traces. Traces were examined to discover events causing the greatest differences between groups. RESULTS: Participants had early/no AMD (n=8), intermediate AMD (n=7) or geographic atrophy (n=15 (GA)). Median (IQR) logMAR visual acuity was 0.04 (-0.04, 0.18), 0.26 (0.10, 0.40) and 0.32 (0.20, 0.56), respectively. Participants with intermediate AMD or GA recorded greater pressure than those with early and no AMD (Kruskal-Wallis, p=0.04). Four events involving navigating stairs and three under low luminance elicited greatest differences between groups (p |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
text |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080600/ |
| Availability: |
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080600/1/bjophthalmol-2019-313864.full.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10080600/ |
| Rights: |
open |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6A2080D8 |
| Database: |
BASE |