Repeatability of the Universiti Teknologi MARA reading charts

Buari, Noor Halilah; Yusuf, Nur Hidayah; Satali, Adib Mohd; Chen, Ai Hong

doi:10.3329/bjms.v14i3.18964

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“…A standard illumination of 85 candela per square meter (measured using ISO Tech Digital Luxmeter) was maintained during the CS assessment. Near visual acuity (NVA) and reading speed (RS) were recorded using a Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malay related-word reading chart [ 18 ]. Subjects were instructed to read the sentences loudly from the first line as fast as possible.…”

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confidence: 99%

Correlation between Visual Functions and Retinal Morphology in Eyes with Early and Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ghoshal¹,

Sharanjeet-Kaur²,

Fadzil³

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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In early and intermediate age related macular degeneration (ARMD), visual acuity alone has failed to explain the complete variation of vision. The aim of the present study was to determine correlation between different visual functions and retinal morphology in eyes with early and intermediate ARMD. In this single center cross sectional study, patients diagnosed as early or intermediate ARMD in at least one eye were recruited. Visual functions measured were best- corrected distance visual acuity (DVA), near vision acuity (NVA), reading speed (RS), and contrast sensitivity (CS). Parameters such as thickness (RT) and volume (RV) of the retina, outer retinal layer thickness (ORLT) and volume (ORLV), outer nuclear layer thickness (ONLT) and volume (ONLV), retinal pigment epithelium layer-Bruch’s membrane complex thickness (RPET) and volume (RPEV) were assessed employing semi-auto segmentation method of Spectralis optical coherence tomography (OCT). Twenty-six eyes were evaluated. DVA, CS, and RS showed significantly good correlation with RPET, ONLT, and ONLV, whereas NVA showed good correlation with ONLV and RPET. The present study concluded that RS, CS, NVA, and DVA represent the morphological alteration in early stages and should be tested in clinical settings. ONLT, ONLV, and RPET morphological parameters can be employed as important biomarkers in diagnosis of early to intermediate ARMD.

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confidence: 99%

Correlation between Visual Functions and Retinal Morphology in Eyes with Early and Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Ghoshal¹,

Sharanjeet-Kaur²,

Fadzil³

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…Reading speed (RS) was measured using a UiTM Malay related-word reading chart by words per minute. It is a validated Malay language reading chart that has previously been described [ 18 ]. Reading speed was measured using the method recommended by the chart developers [ 18 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patient-Perceived Benefit of Treatment in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: A Pilot Study

Ghoshal¹,

Sharanjeet-Kaur²,

Fadzil³

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), a subtype of neovascular age-related macular degeneration, requires repeated treatment. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate and compare vision-targeted quality of life (QOL) at baseline and after 6 months of treatment in patients with PCV. Naive PCV patients were recruited. Visual functions assessed were distance visual acuity (DVA), near visual acuity (NVA), contrast sensitivity (CS), reading speed (RS), and QOL at baseline and after 6 months of treatment. Thirty patients (average age of 67.62 ± 8.05 years) revealed mean DVA and NVA improvements of 0.24 logMAR and 0.30 logMAR, respectively. Mean CS and RS improved by 0.39 log contrast and 25.58 words per minute, respectively. The National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire 25 (NEI-VFQ-25) composite score significantly increased from a baseline of 66.73 ± 13.74 to 73.54 ± 14.26. Twenty-eight of the patients showed overall improvement in QOL score by 5 units or more or remained stable. Subscales of NEI-VFQ-25 significantly improved, with general vision, mental health, and role difficulties improving by 10 or more units. The present pilot study reports a significant improvement of QOL in PCV patients after 6 months of treatment, with mental health, role difficulties, social functioning, and distance vision activities being the most improved subscales.

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“…Reading speed (RS) was measured using UiTM related-word reading chart in subjects who were fluent with Malay. It is a validated Malay language reading chart that has been already described earlier (Buari et al 2015). Reading speed was recorded in words per min.…”

Section: Visual Functionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Reading speed was recorded in words per min. Reading speed was measured using the method recommended by the chart developers (Buari et al 2015). However, in a multi-ethnic study population not all subjects could read Malay fluently.…”

Section: Visual Functionsmentioning

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Quality of Life in Patients with Neovascular Age Related Mascular Degeneration (n-AMD) Seen in a Public Hospital of Malaysia

Ghoshal

Kaur²,

Fadzil³

et al. 2018

JSM

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The purpose of the present study was to assess quality of life (QOL) in n-AMD patients seen in a Malaysian public hospital and to further identify visual and demographic factors that may contribute to QOL scores of these patients. Patients with any form of n-AMD in at least one eye were recruited from hospital's ophthalmology department. Bahasa Malaysia version of National Eye Institute Visual function questionnaire-25 (NEI-VFQ-25) was administered to all participants. Demographics, visual functions (VF) including best corrected distance visual acuity (BCDVA), contrast sensitivity (CS), near visual acuity (NVA) and reading speed (RS) were recorded. Eighty-six patients (Malay=26, Indian=23, Chinese=37) aged 52 to 85 years, diagnosed with n-AMD were chosen to participate. Their mean NEI-VFQ composite score (NEI-VFQ CS) was 66.91 ± 13.07. However, no significant difference in NEI-VFQ CS between gender, races and between the two sub groups of n-AMD were observed (p>0.05). NEI-VFQ CS showed a significant association with RS (correlation coefficient (ρ) =0.627), NVA (ρ =-.660), BCDVA (ρ =-.586), CS (ρ =.0.515). A linear model showed that a combination of BCDVA, NVA, CS is accounted for a significant 38 % variability of NEI-VFQ CS (R 2 =0.382, p<0.001). In conclusion, the QOL of Malaysian n-AMD patients were found to be low. Thus, the study results indicated the need of developing necessary management strategies to address this QOL issues in n-AMD patients in Malaysia. Furthermore, the present study suggested incorporating appropriate VF such as near acuity, contrast sensitivity, reading speed in clinical settings while assessing n-AMD patients as these VF explain the patient's perception about the impact of this disease.

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Repeatability of the Universiti Teknologi MARA reading charts

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

Correlation between Visual Functions and Retinal Morphology in Eyes with Early and Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Correlation between Visual Functions and Retinal Morphology in Eyes with Early and Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Patient-Perceived Benefit of Treatment in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: A Pilot Study

Quality of Life in Patients with Neovascular Age Related Mascular Degeneration (n-AMD) Seen in a Public Hospital of Malaysia

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