Almaliotis Diamantis, Athanasopoulos Georgios P, Almpanidou Stavroula, Papadopoulou Eleni P, Karampatakis Vasileios
Laboratory of Experimental Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Clin Optom (Auckl). 2022 Aug 2;14:111-124. doi: 10.2147/OPTO.S370215. eCollection 2022.
To present a novel smartphone-based application (GDRS-test, Greek Digital Reading Speed - test) for the assessment of reading speed, to evaluate, whether this test could be easily and reliably used by patients with visual impairment and normal individuals serving as an adjunctive tool for their visual examination.
One hundred and five visually impaired and 32 normal eyes were examined. Depending on existing active ocular pathology, patients were divided into a non-macular and a macular group, We examined the reading performance for continuous text (MNREAD chart) and random unrelated words of the new smartphone-based reading speed app, monocularly. The patients' best-corrected visual acuity ranged from 1.3 to 0.2 logMAR. Examinees were asked to read aloud (at a 40 cm distance) a series of 30 random two-syllable and then 30 three-syllable Greek words, without semantic connection. Reading speed was measured as correct words per minute for critical print size. The individuals were examined twice within 2 weeks for test-retest reliability. Correlations and comparisons concerning each group adjusted for age and visual acuity were performed.
There was moderate correlation between MNREAD and 2SYL SPEED (Reading speed for 2-syllable) (Pearson's rho = 0.589, p < 0.001) and 3SYL SPEED (Reading speed for 3-syllable) (Pearson's rho = 0.617, p < 0.001) for healthy individuals. The mean 2SYL SPEED and 3SYL SPEED for Individuals of the maculopathies group or non-maculopathies group were significantly lower compared to normal individuals adjusted for age and visual acuity [B (95% CI): -93.077 (-104.165, -81.98), p < 0.001] and [B (95% CI): -92.254 (-104.196, -80.312), p < 0.001], respectively. The test-retest analysis showed a good agreement for patients and healthy individuals.
The novel-reading speed application for the Greek-speaking population was found to accurately detect differences between patients with visual impairment and healthy individuals. It was designed and constructed with the intention to ease and improve the ophthalmic examination allowing individuals to self-evaluate reading speed by transmitting the result to their physician.
介绍一种基于智能手机的新型应用程序（GDRS测试，希腊数字阅读速度测试）用于评估阅读速度，以评估该测试是否能被视力障碍患者和正常个体轻松且可靠地使用，作为他们视力检查的辅助工具。
检查了105只视力障碍眼和32只正常眼。根据现有的活动性眼部病变，将患者分为非黄斑组和黄斑组。我们单眼检查了基于智能手机的新型阅读速度应用程序对连续文本（MNREAD视力表）和随机无关单词的阅读表现。患者的最佳矫正视力范围为1.3至0.2 logMAR。受试者被要求在40厘米的距离大声朗读一系列30个随机的双音节词，然后是30个三音节希腊词，这些词之间没有语义联系。阅读速度以临界印刷字体大小下每分钟正确读出的单词数来衡量。在2周内对个体进行了两次检查以评估重测信度。对根据年龄和视力进行调整后的每组进行了相关性和比较分析。
对于健康个体，MNREAD与2SYL SPEED（双音节词阅读速度）（Pearson相关系数rho = 0.589，p < 0.001）和3SYL SPEED（三音节词阅读速度）（Pearson相关系数rho = 0.617，p < 0.001）之间存在中度相关性。与根据年龄和视力调整后的正常个体相比，黄斑病变组或非黄斑病变组个体 的平均2SYL SPEED和3SYL SPEED显著更低，分别为[B（95%置信区间）：-93.077（-104.165，-81.98），p < 0.001]和[B（95%置信区间）：-92.254（-104.196，-80.312），p < 0.001]。重测分析显示患者和健康个体之间具有良好的一致性。
发现这种针对说希腊语人群的新型阅读速度应用程序能够准确检测视力障碍患者和健康个体之间的差异。它的设计和构建旨在简化和改进眼科检查，使个体能够通过将结果传输给医生来自我评估阅读速度。
