Evaluation of Visual Training System in Patients With Glaucoma

Launched by ZHONGSHAN OPHTHALMIC CENTER, SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY · May 22, 2024

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Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease that causes irreversible damage to the optic nerve and can lead to severe vision loss and blindness. In China, the blindness rate among glaucoma patients is 22.7%, accounting for 8.8% of the total blind population. Among individuals aged 40 and above in urban and rural areas of China, approximately 9.2 million suffer from glaucoma, with 55% experiencing blindness in at least one eye and 18.1% experiencing blindness in both eyes \[1,2\]. Glaucoma patients may experience severe impairment in visual function, leading to significant limitations in vision-relate...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. age ≥ 10 years old
• • 2. diagnosed with primary glaucoma or developmental glaucoma
• • 3. the best corrected visual acuity ≥0.1 and the mean deviation of the visual field worse or equal to -6 dB
• • 4. visual acuity, intraocular pressure, and other eye conditions have been stable for more than 3 months
• • 5. participants capable of understanding the purpose of the study and providing informed consent
• • 6. participants capable of cooperating with relevant examinations.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. a history of eye surgery or eye laser within three months
• • 2. complicated with other ophthalmopathy affecting visual function (except cataract, ametropia), such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, optic nerve disease, retinal vascular disease, etc.
• • 3. serious systemic diseases, such as neurological diseases, cardiovascular diseases, psychological diseases, malignant tumors, etc
• • 4. pregnant or lactating women.