CONFIRMATION OF VISUAL FIELD ABNORMALITIES IN THE OCULAR HYPERTENSION TREATMENT STUDY (OHTS)

Methods: Between April 1, 1994, and March 1, 1999, 21603 visual fields were obtained from 1637 patients in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study. When follow-up visual fields are outside the normal limits on the Glaucoma Hemifield Test, the Corrected Pattern Standard Deviation (P,.05), or both, subsequent follow-up visual fields are monitored to confirm the abnormality. Abnormalities are confirmed if they are again abnormal on the Glaucoma Hemifield Test, the Corrected Pattern Standard Deviation, or both; if the defect is not artifactual; and if the same index and location are involved. Reliability criteria used by the study consisted of a limit of 33% for false positives, false negatives, and fixation losses. Results: Of the 21603 regular follow-up visual fields, 1006 were follow-up retests performed because of an abnormality (n=748) or unreliability (n=258). We found that 703 (94%) of the 748 visual fields were abnormal and reliable, and 45 (6%) were abnormal and unreliable. On retesting, abnormalities were not confirmed for 604 (85.9%) of the 703 originally abnormal and reliable visual fields.

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