@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of vitreous floaters in a community sample of smartphone users",
journal="International journal of ophthalmology",
year="2013",
author="Webb, Blake F. and Webb, Jadon R. and Schroeder, Mary C. and North, Carol S.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="402-405",
abstract="AIM: To estimate the prevalence and risk factors for vitreous floaters in the general population.   METHODS: An electronic survey was administered through a smartphone app asking various demographic and health questions, including whether users experience floaters in their field of vision. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine risk factors.   RESULTS: A total of 603 individuals completed the survey, with 76% reporting that they see floaters, and 33% reporting that floaters caused noticeable impairment in vision. Myopes were 3.5 times more likely (P=0.0004), and hyperopes 4.4 times more likely (P=0.0069) to report moderate to severe floaters compared to those with normal vision. Floater prevalence was not significantly affected by respondent age, race, gender, and eye color.   CONCLUSION: Vitreous floaters were found to be a very common phenomenon in this non-clinical general population sample, and more likely to be impairing in myopes and hyperopes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2222-3959",
doi="10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.03.27",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.03.27"
}