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Evaluation of the high specificity Screening Program (C-20-1) of the Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimeter in clinical practice

North, R. V., Jones, A. L., Hunter, E., Morgan, James Edwards ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-1065 and Wild, J. M. 2006. Evaluation of the high specificity Screening Program (C-20-1) of the Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) perimeter in clinical practice. Eye 20 (6) , pp. 681-687. 10.1038/sj.eye.6701946

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Abstract

AIMS: To compare the efficacy of the high specificity Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) Perimeter Screening Program (C-20-1) to standard threshold automated perimetry in the diagnosis of open-angle glaucoma. METHODS: A total of 100 consecutively presenting patients attending a glaucoma clinic who volunteered for the study (approximately 30% of whom were attending for an initial visit) were examined with the FDT C-20-1 Screening Program and with the Humphrey Field Analyzer (HFA) SITA Fast algorithm and Program 24-2. RESULTS: Of the patients, 17 were excluded due to unreliable visual field results or non-glaucomatous ocular abnormalities. In all, 10 patients were diagnosed as normal, 54 with open-angle glaucoma, eight with ocular hypertension, and 11 as glaucoma suspects. Of the 54 glaucomatous patients, 45 exhibited high-tension glaucoma and nine normal tension glaucoma. Perimetry with the HFA gave a sensitivity of 81.5% for the combined category of glaucoma and glaucoma suspect and a specificity of 83.3% for the combined category of normal and ocular hypertension. Perimetry with the FDT gave a sensitivity of 74.5% and a specificity of 85.2% compared to that of the HFA. CONCLUSION: In the detection of glaucoma, Program C-20-1 of the FDT perimeter exhibits high specificity. It exhibits low sensitivity for the detection of mild loss but high sensitivity for advanced field loss relative to Program 24-2 and the SITA Fast algorithm of the HFA.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Medicine
Optometry and Vision Sciences
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 0950-222X
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2022 10:03
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/83462

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