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Table 3 List of assessments

From: Towards seeing the visual impairments in Parkinson’s disease: protocol for a multicentre observational, cross-sectional study

Outcome

Ophthalmological Assessment

 

Subjective ophthalmological assessment

Visual acuity

ETDRS logMAR

Reading speed, near visual acuity

Radner Reading Chart

Visual fields

Humphrey field analyser 30–2, Amsler grid

Contrast vision

Low-contrast letter charts (Pelli-Robson),

Colour vision

Ishihara plates/Farnsworth Munsell hue test (desaturated 15D)

Ocular motility

Eye follow movements, Cover test 30 cm and 6 m, Prism test (15 diopter), Eye-Tracking

Facial emotion recognition

Emotion Recognition Inventory (ERI)

Visual function

VFQ-25, Visual impairment screening questionnaire

 

Objective ophthalmological assessment

Lens opacity

Slit lamp examination

Fundus appearance

Color Fundusphotography (7-fields)

Corneal thickness

Pachymetry

Intraocular pressure

(Goldmann) tonometry

Tear production

Schirmer’s test, TearFilmBreakUpTime, eye blink rate

Anatomical changes of the retina including thickness

Spectral-domain OCT (Heidelberg)

Retinal micro vascular changes

Angio-OCT (Heidelberg)

Outcome

Neurological assessment

PD-related disability and impairment

MDS-UPDRS, Schwab & England activities of Daily living, NMSS, PDQ-39.

Gait and Balance

Timed Up and Go test, Single Leg Stance test, Gait Speed (4 m walking), Dual tasking, Freezing of Gait, Tandem gait

Hand-eye coordination

9 Hole Pegboard test

Cognitive function

MoCA, CLOX

Mood

GDS

  1. List of study protocol assessments, divided in ophthalmological and neurological assessment
  2. Abbreviations: EDTRS Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study, D diopter, OCT optical coherence tomography, NMSS non-motor symptoms assessment scale, PDQ-39 Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire, MoCA [47], Montreal Cognitive Assessment, CLOX, clock drawing test [48], GDS, Geriatric depression scale [49], VFQ-25, visual functioquestionnaire [72, 73]