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A Prospective Profile of Visual Field Loss following Stroke: Prevalence, Type, Rehabilitation, and Outcome
Joint Authors
Wright, David
Brand, Darren
Jackson, Carole
Harrison, Shirley
Maan, Tallat
Scott, Claire
Vogwell, Linda
Peel, Sarah
Akerman, Nicola
Dodridge, Caroline
Howard, Claire
Shipman, Tracey
Sperring, Una
MacDiarmid, Sonia
Freeman, Cicely
Rowe, Fiona J.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-09-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Aims.
To profile site of stroke/cerebrovascular accident, type and extent of field loss, treatment options, and outcome.
Methods.
Prospective multicentre cohort trial.
Standardised referral and investigation protocol of visual parameters.
Results.
915 patients were recruited with a mean age of 69 years (SD 14).
479 patients (52%) had visual field loss.
51 patients (10%) had no visual symptoms.
Almost half of symptomatic patients (n=226) complained only of visual field loss: almost half (n=226) also had reading difficulty, blurred vision, diplopia, and perceptual difficulties.
31% (n=151) had visual field loss as their only visual impairment: 69% (n=328) had low vision, eye movement deficits, or visual perceptual difficulties.
Occipital and parietal lobe strokes most commonly caused visual field loss.
Treatment options included visual search training, visual awareness, typoscopes, substitutive prisms, low vision aids, refraction, and occlusive patches.
At followup 15 patients (7.5%) had full recovery, 78 (39%) had improvement, and 104 (52%) had no recovery.
Two patients (1%) had further decline of visual field.
Patients with visual field loss had lower quality of life scores than stroke patients without visual impairment.
Conclusions.
Stroke survivors with visual field loss require assessment to accurately define type and extent of loss, diagnose coexistent visual impairments, and offer targeted treatment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rowe, Fiona J.& Wright, David& Brand, Darren& Jackson, Carole& Harrison, Shirley& Maan, Tallat…[et al.]. 2013. A Prospective Profile of Visual Field Loss following Stroke: Prevalence, Type, Rehabilitation, and Outcome. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030833
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rowe, Fiona J.…[et al.]. A Prospective Profile of Visual Field Loss following Stroke: Prevalence, Type, Rehabilitation, and Outcome. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030833
American Medical Association (AMA)
Rowe, Fiona J.& Wright, David& Brand, Darren& Jackson, Carole& Harrison, Shirley& Maan, Tallat…[et al.]. A Prospective Profile of Visual Field Loss following Stroke: Prevalence, Type, Rehabilitation, and Outcome. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1030833
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1030833