Oculokinetic perimetry: a simple visual field test for use in the community.
A method of visual field examination is described which enables an unsupervised person to carry out self-assessment using only a paper test chart, a record sheet, and a pencil. It is entitled 'oculokinetic perimetry' because it is the subject's eye that moves and not the test target. By providing non-ophthalmic health care workers with a simple means of performing perimetry in the community, and by allowing susceptible people to carry out self-assessment of the visual fields at home, this test should facilitate the detection and management of glaucoma, especially in underdeveloped countries.
D002833:Choroiditis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014794:Visual Fields