title: Association of presbyopic correction with changes in visual fields.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of presbyopic correction on changes in visual fields caused by an alteration in outflow of aqueous humour Visual fields were compared before and after introduction of presbyopic correction in participants of the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project. Height and slope of the 'Hill of Vision' were assessed by calculating median thresholds in the four sets of three eccentric points. Analysis of 101 eyes in the study group and 101 eyes in the control group shows higher decrease of the 'Hill of Vision' height in the group of participants who started wearing presbyopic correction, than in the group without presbyopic correction (P = 0.02). Intraocular pressure measured irrespectively of participant's accommodative activity was not significantly different between the two groups at both time points. These data suggest that the use of presbyopic correction is associated with changes in the visual field.
authors.affiliation: Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria. peter@iris.medoph.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Dimitrov
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Nanjan
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McCarty
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology*