Andrew J Tatham1, Erwin R Boer2, Peter N Rosen1, Mauro Della Penna3, Daniel Meira-Freitas1, Robert N Weinreb1, Linda M Zangwill1, Felipe A Medeiros4. 1. Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. 2. Entropy Control, Inc, La Jolla, California; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands. 3. Entropy Control, Inc, La Jolla, California. 4. Hamilton Glaucoma Center and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: fmedeiros@glaucoma.ucsd.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between glaucomatous structural damage and ability to divide attention during simulated driving. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING: Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California San Diego. PATIENT POPULATION: Total of 158 subjects from the Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study, including 82 with glaucoma and 76 similarly aged controls. OBSERVATION PROCEDURE: Ability to divide attention was investigated by measuring reaction times to peripheral stimuli (at low, medium, or high contrast) while concomitantly performing a central driving task (car following or curve negotiation). All subjects had standard automated perimetry (SAP) and optical coherence tomography was used to measure retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. Cognitive ability was assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and subjects completed a driving history questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reaction times to the driving simulator divided attention task. RESULTS: The mean reaction times to the low-contrast stimulus were 1.05 s and 0.64 s in glaucoma and controls, respectively, during curve negotiation (P < .001), and 1.19 s and 0.77 s (P = .025), respectively, during car following. There was a nonlinear relationship between reaction times and RNFL thickness in the better eye. RNFL thickness remained significantly associated with reaction times even after adjusting for age, SAP mean deviation in the better eye, cognitive ability, and central driving task performance. CONCLUSIONS: Although worse SAP sensitivity was associated with worse ability to divide attention, RNFL thickness measurements provided additional information. Information from structural tests may improve our ability to determine which patients are likely to have problems performing daily activities, such as driving.
PURPOSE: To examine the relationship between glaucomatous structural damage and ability to divide attention during simulated driving. DESIGN: Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING: Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California San Diego. PATIENT POPULATION: Total of 158 subjects from the Diagnostic Innovations in Glaucoma Study, including 82 with glaucoma and 76 similarly aged controls. OBSERVATION PROCEDURE: Ability to divide attention was investigated by measuring reaction times to peripheral stimuli (at low, medium, or high contrast) while concomitantly performing a central driving task (car following or curve negotiation). All subjects had standard automated perimetry (SAP) and optical coherence tomography was used to measure retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness. Cognitive ability was assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and subjects completed a driving history questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reaction times to the driving simulator divided attention task. RESULTS: The mean reaction times to the low-contrast stimulus were 1.05 s and 0.64 s in glaucoma and controls, respectively, during curve negotiation (P < .001), and 1.19 s and 0.77 s (P = .025), respectively, during car following. There was a nonlinear relationship between reaction times and RNFL thickness in the better eye. RNFL thickness remained significantly associated with reaction times even after adjusting for age, SAP mean deviation in the better eye, cognitive ability, and central driving task performance. CONCLUSIONS: Although worse SAP sensitivity was associated with worse ability to divide attention, RNFL thickness measurements provided additional information. Information from structural tests may improve our ability to determine which patients are likely to have problems performing daily activities, such as driving.
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