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Glaucoma risk-assessment program available online

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NEW YORK — An online risk-assessment program can help practitioners manage glaucoma patients, said Murray Fingeret, OD, FAAO. Dr. Fingeret described the program here at the Primary Care Optometry News symposium.

The risk-assessment program was developed by Steve Mansberger, MD, a glaucoma specialist and researcher at Discoveries in Sight and Devers Eye Institute, in Portland, Ore., based on data from the Ocular Hypertensive Treatment Study and a logistical regression model. After the physician enters patient information, the program calculates the patient’s risk of converting from ocular hypertension to glaucoma in a 5-year period, Dr. Fingeret said.

Data required include the patient’s age, diabetes status, corneal thickness, IOP, pattern standard deviation from the global indices on the perimetry printout and vertical cup-to-disc ratio.

The program is available at www.discoveriesinsight.org. An article in the Journal of Glaucoma outlines its use and the advantages and disadvantages of a computerized risk calculator for glaucoma, Dr. Fingeret said.