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Impact on the AMA class when adjusting Functional Vision Score based on the central scotoma rule Mieko Tsuruoka 1 , Yoshimune Hiratsuka 2 , Kenji Inoue 1 1Inouye Eye Hospital 2Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University pp.452-457
Published Date 2024/4/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1410215143
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Abstract Purpose:The American Medical Association(AMA)uses the Functional Vision Score(FVS)to classify visual impairment into AMA classes and corrects using the central scotoma rule(rule)to avoid double-counting visual acuity and visual field impairments. This study aimed to investigated the extent of this correction.

Subjects and Methods:This study included 137 patients who applied for visual impairment certificate at Inoue Eye Hospital during a 4-year period from January 2019 were included in the study. Sex, age, causative disease, and visual field were investigated retrospectively from medical records. The rule was indicated for cases with a visual field defect of Ⅲ/4e isopter within 10 degrees of the center in the Goldmann visual field, and the difference in AMA classes with and without the central scotoma rule for the FVS and the influence of causative disease were examined using multivariate analysis.

Results:In total, 109 patients(79.6%)had visual field defect of Ⅲ/4e isopters within 10 degrees of the center in the Goldmann visual field. 56 patients were male, and the mean age was 64 years. Causative diseases were glaucoma(n=54), optic nerve disease(n=21), macular disease(n=15), retinitis pigmentosa(n=12), and others(n=6). The difference in the FVS by rule ranged from 0 to 25 points. Approximately 30% of cases were corrected to one level milder in the AMA class after the central scotoma rule was applied. No significant association was found age, sex, and causative disease with and without AMA class correction by the central scotoma rule.

Conclusion:In the FVS, the application of the central scotoma rule adjusted the AMA class classification to one level milder in Approximately 30% of cases, regardless of age, sex, or causative disease.


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