dc.contributor.author | Sherwin, Justin | |
dc.contributor.author | McKnight, Charlotte | |
dc.contributor.author | Hewitt, Alex | |
dc.contributor.author | Griffiths, Lyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Coroneo, Minas | |
dc.contributor.author | Mackey, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T11:39:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T11:39:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.modified | 2013-06-17T03:51:57Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 14682079 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301255 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/47649 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (UVAF) photography was developed to detect and characterise pre-clinical sunlight-induced UV damage. The reliability of this measurement and its relationship to outdoor activity are currently unknown. Methods 599 people aged 16e85 years in the crosssectional Norfolk Island Eye Study were included in the validation study. 196 UVAF individual photographs (49 people) and 60 UVAF photographs (15 people) of Norfolk Island Eye Study participants were used for intra- and inter-observer reliability assessment, respectively.Conjunctival UVAF was measured using UV photography. UVAF area was calculated using computerised methods by one grader on two occasions (intra-observer analysis) or two graders (inter-observer analysis). Outdoor activity category, during summer and winter separately, was determined with a UV questionnaire. Total UVAF equalled the area measured in four conjunctival areas (nasal/temporal conjunctiva of right and left eyes). Results Intra-observer (r_c찮988, 95% CI 0.967 to 0.996, p<0.001), and inter-observer concordance correlation coefficients (r_c찮924, 95% CI 0.870 to 0.956, p<0.001) of total UVAF exceeded 0.900. When grouped according to 10 mm2 total UVAF increments, intra- and inter-observer reliability was very good (k찮81) and good (k찮71), respectively. Increasing time outdoors was strongly with increasing total UVAF in summer and winter (ptrend <0.001). Conclusion Intra- and inter-observer reliability of conjunctival UVAF is high. In this population, UVAF correlates strongly with the authors' survey-based assessment of time spent outdoors. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 801 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 805 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 6 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | British Journal of Opthalmology | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 96 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Opthalmology and Optometry | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public Health and Health Services | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 119999 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1103 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1113 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1117 | |
dc.title | Reliability and validity of conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence measurement | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2012. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this journal please refer to the journal’s website or contact the authors. | |
gro.date.issued | 2012 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Griffiths, Lyn | |