title: Interrater agreement in oculo-kinetic perimetry--a screening test for glaucoma.
abstract: In a study at the Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, 24 glaucomatous eyes with known field defects were tested by three examiners of different backgrounds using oculo-kinetic perimetry, a screening test for glaucoma. The interrater agreement was excellent; only in one case did results differ. Seventeen eyes had a defective result, but in six cases the test was normal. Both patients and untrained staff find this test easy to do, but the apparent high false-negative rate is cause for concern and needs further evaluation. Oculo-kinetic perimetry may well be better used as a complementary test by those opticians doing tonometry and by general practitioners who currently rarely screen for glaucoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Westling
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Newland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000473:pathology; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields