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Abstract #26895 Published in IGR 12-3
Improved automated perimetry performance in elderly subjects after listening to Mozart
Marques JC; Vanessa ACO; Fiorelli MB; Kasahara NClinics 2009; 64: 665-667
Purpose: To evaluate the performance of automated perimetry of elderly subjects naive to AP after listening to a Mozart sonata. Introduction: Automated perimetry (AP) is a psychophysical test used to assess visual fields in patients with neurological disorders and glaucoma. In a previous study, Fiorelli et al. showed that young subjects who listened to a Mozart sonata prior to undergoing AP performed better in terms of reliability than those who did not listen to the sonata. Methods: Fifty-two AP-naive, normal subjects underwent Automated perimetry (SITA 24-2). The study group (25 subjects) underwent AP after listening to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, and the control group (27 subjects) underwent Automated perimetry without prior exposure to the music. Results: The study group had significantly lower false negative rates and a lower visual field reliability score than the controls (P=0.04 and P=0.04, respectively). The test time was shorter for the study group (P=0.03). Discussion: This study shows that elderly subjects, when exposed to the Mozart sonata immediately before AP testing, have lower false negative rates and lower visual field reliability scores when compared with an age- and gender-matched control group. Our results differ from those of Fiorelli et al. who found lower false positive rates and less fixation loss in addition to lower false negative rates. Conclusion: Listening to a Mozart sonata seems to improve automated perimetry reliability in elderly subjects.
J. C. Marques. Santa Casa of Sao Paulo, Department of Ophthalmology, Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil. marques@yahoo.com.br
Classification:
15 Miscellaneous
6.6.2 Automated (Part of: 6 Clinical examination methods > 6.6 Visual field examination and other visual function tests)
