TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Prevalence of vitreous floaters in a community sample of smartphone users
JO  - International journal of ophthalmology
A1  - Webb, Blake F.
A1  - Webb, Jadon R.
A1  - Schroeder, Mary C.
A1  - North, Carol S.
SP  - 402
EP  - 405
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2222-3959
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2013.03.27
ID  - ref1
ER  -