Background:
To investigate the correlation of color vision, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and photostress recovery time test scores in visually impaired patients.
Materials and methods:
A total of 133 subjects were enrolled and 133 eyes were examined. The pathological group consisted of 76 (57.1%) males with an average age of 68.0 (SD=13.2) and 57 (42.9%) females, with an average age of 68.1 (SD=15.2), Mann-Whitney U test was used to evaluate the differences in K-color tests, HRR, visual acuity, Contrast Sensitivity test and PSRT test between 2 different groups of severity.
Results:
Correlations were found among color vision tests, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and photostress recovery time scores in eyes with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), with diabetic retinopathy, with optic nerve diseases, and various other retinal diseases (P<0.05). In patients with moderate visual impairments.
Conclusions:
The color vision test scores correlate with the scores of visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and photostess recovery time test (PSRT). It may be a useful clinical surrogate for functional vision.