Glaucoma affects millions of Americans, but it is unclear how often impairment results from glaucoma. Understanding when impairment occurs is critical so that treatment can be tailored to achieve the ultimate goal of glaucoma treatment: death without visual disability. In this grant, we propose to define when, and in whom, glaucoma produces visual impairment. This will be studied through functional testing - in which task performance is directly observed and measured. Emphasis will be placed on defining conditions which decrease glaucoma-related impairment, and developing rehabilitative strategies to address such impairment. Training in the grant period will focus on learning how to test for functional impairment, perform complicated data analyses, and design and conduct clinical rehabilitative trials. Dr. Ramulu's long-term goals will be to use functional testing protocols to test the efficacy of rehabilitative strategies in the visually impaired, and to test for treatment efficacy in areas where standard measures of vision are poor surrogates for visual ability.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Eye Institute (NEI)
Type
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
Project #
1K23EY018595-01A1
Application #
7588139
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZEY1-VSN (01))
Program Officer
Everett, Donald F
Project Start
2009-09-01
Project End
2013-08-31
Budget Start
2009-09-01
Budget End
2010-08-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2009
Total Cost
$214,217
Indirect Cost
Name
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Ophthalmology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
001910777
City
Baltimore
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
21218
Mathews, Priya M; Ramulu, Pradeep Y; Swenor, Bonnielin S et al. (2017) Functional impairment of reading in patients with dry eye. Br J Ophthalmol 101:481-486
Swenor, Bonnielin K; Varadaraj, Varshini; Dave, Paulomi et al. (2017) Impact of the Ability to Divide Attention on Reading Performance in Glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 58:2456-2462
Willis, Jeffrey; Ramulu, Pradeep Y (2016) Poor Vision and Self-Reported Functional Difficulties among Recently Hospitalized Individuals in the United States. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 23:154-61
Zebardast, Nazlee; Solus, Jason F; Quigley, Harry A et al. (2015) Comparison of resident and glaucoma faculty practice patterns in the care of open-angle glaucoma. BMC Ophthalmol 15:41
Sengupta, Sabyasachi; Nguyen, Angeline M; van Landingham, Suzanne W et al. (2015) Evaluation of real-world mobility in age-related macular degeneration. BMC Ophthalmol 15:9
Nguyen, Angeline M; Arora, Karun S; Swenor, Bonnielin K et al. (2015) Physical activity restriction in age-related eye disease: a cross-sectional study exploring fear of falling as a potential mediator. BMC Geriatr 15:64
Mathews, Priya M; Rubin, Gary S; McCloskey, Michael et al. (2015) Severity of vision loss interacts with word-specific features to impact out-loud reading in glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56:1537-45
Akpek, Esen K; Cassard, Sandra D; Dunlap, Karen et al. (2015) Donor Corneal Transplantation vs Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis in Patients with Previous Graft Failures: A Retrospective Single Center Study (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 113:T3
Brown, Jamie C; Goldstein, Judith E; Chan, Tiffany L et al. (2014) Characterizing functional complaints in patients seeking outpatient low-vision services in the United States. Ophthalmology 121:1655-62.e1
Ramulu, Pradeep Y; Hochberg, Chad; Maul, Eugenio A et al. (2014) Glaucomatous visual field loss associated with less travel from home. Optom Vis Sci 91:187-93

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