Abstract
Objective: We began comprehensive eye examinations for people who have no symptoms but are eager to know the condition of their eyes in 2012 at Inouye Eye Hospital. We retrospectively investigated demographic factors and the status of early detection of eye diseases in persons who had had these examinations.
Methods: We studied 417 subjects (194 men, 223 women; mean age 54.7±11.0 years) who received comprehensive eye examinations between October 2015 and September 2016 at Inouye Eye Hospital. The eye examinations included visual acuity, visual field, eye position, Schirmer test (tear volume), accommodation function test, slit-lamp examination, (non-pupil dilated) fundus photography, and optical coherence tomography. If any of the findings were abnormal, the subjects concerned was encouraged to undergo secondary examination.
Results: 67 subjects (16.1%) required secondary examination. They included those with suspected glaucoma (33), cataract (15), epimacular membrane (13) and heterotopia (4). Based on secondary examination, 12 cases of glaucoma, 10 cases of cataract, 5 cases of epimacular membrane and 3 cases of optic nerve hypoplasia were diagnosed.
Conclusion: Through comprehensive eye examinations, eye diseases such as glaucoma and unilateral retinal disease can be discovered in asymptomatic individuals.
