Author/Authors :
Auguto Azuara-Blanco، نويسنده , , L. Jay Katz، نويسنده , , George L. paeth، نويسنده , , tephen A. Vernon، نويسنده , , Fiona pencer، نويسنده , , Ine M. Lanzl، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Purpoe
To evaluate the clinical agreement in the detection of optic dik change in patient with glaucoma uing imultaneou tereophotograph.
Deign
Maked-oberver variability tudy.
Method
Ten glaucoma pecialit examined pair of imultaneou tereophotograph of glaucomatou and control optic dik to determine whether there were change compatible with progreion of glaucomatou damage.
Reult
Intraoberver agreement had a kappa value ranging from 0.55 to 0.78. Interoberver agreement among the glaucoma pecialit had a kappa value ranging from 0.34 to 0.68.
Concluion
Clinical examination of tereophotograph to detect optic dik change in glaucoma patient ha limitation aociated with uboptimal reproducibility.