Research Article

Ocular Manifestations, Visual Field Pattern, and Visual Field Test Performance in Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke

Table 3

Visual field test results in traumatic brain injury and stroke patients.

VariableTraumatic brain injury (n = 55)Stroke (n = 132)p value

Visual field defect pattern, no. (%)
Homonymous hemianopsia8 (14.5)42 (31.8)0.015a
Homonymous quadrantanopia6 (10.9)16 (12.1)0.815a
Total defect2 (3.6)6 (4.5)1.000b
Scattered31 (56.4)22 (16.7)<0.001a
Normal8 (14.5)46 (34.8)0.005a
Visual field test reliability index
Fixation loss (%)43.3 ± 34.0 (0.0–100.0)40.6 ± 29.7 (0.0–100.0)0.584c
False positive (%)4.6 ± 11.9 (0.0–66.7)6.9 ± 14.8 (0.0–88.9)0.302c
False negative (%)12.8 ± 21.5 (0.0–100.0)11.2 ± 19.0 (0.0–100.0)0.622c
Test duration (sec)284.5 ± 74.1 (191.0–538.0)265.3 ± 54.8 (174.0–492.0)0.086c
Visual field global index
Mean deviation (dB)−10.5 ± 7.1 (−29.8–−1.4)−9.5 ± 6.8 (−28.2–−1.1)0.508d
Pattern standard deviation (dB)4.9 ± 3.3 (1.6–12.8)6.1 ± 3.9 (1.5–12.8)0.515d

Data are mean ± standard deviation (range) unless otherwise indicated. aChi-square test. bFisher’s exact test. cStudent's t-test. dMann–Whitney U test. n = 15 for TBI and n = 32 for stroke. Bold indicates P < 0.05.