Journal Reviews

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Driving with retinitis pigmentosa

4 December 2023 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | Inherited retinal disease, driving standards, retinal dystrophy, retinal imaging, retinitis pigmentosa, visual field testing

The authors present a study of 228 consecutive patients with a clinical or genetic diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa. Data was collected prospectively between January 2012 and October 2022 in Perth, Australia. The study aimed to determine the proportion of patients...

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Patient reported outcomes in adolescents with inherited retinal diseases

4 October 2023 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous | PROM, Patient-reported outcomes, clinical trial, gene therapy, inherited retinal disease, pediatrics, retinal dystrophy

This was a two-centre validation study of two sets of patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) for adolescents (13-17- years-old) with inherited retinal diseases. The measures were the Michigan Retinal Degeneration Questionnaire (MRDQ) and the Michigan Vision-Related Anxiety Questionnaire (MVAQ). Both...