Clinical Study

Changes and Diurnal Variation of Visual Quality after Orthokeratology in Myopic Children

Table 6

Effects of orthokeratology on contrast sensitive function (, mean ± SD).

Time3 cpd6 cpd12 cpd18 cpdAULCSF

Mesopic
AM baseline1.620 ± 0.191.677 ± 0.171.552 ± 0.211.266 ± 0.371.245 ± 0.10
AM 1 month1.606 ± 0.161.700 ± 0.261.573 ± 0.291.272 ± 0.361.257 ± 0.16
PM 1 month1.632 ± 0.121.706 ± 0.211.551 ± 0.341.408 ± 0.381.267 ± 0.15
P10.7060.6340.70.9130.659
P20.3420.870.6540.0020.655

High glare
AM baseline1.636 ± 0.251.686 ± 0.241.483 ± 0.251.267 ± 0.371.235 ± 0.13
AM 1 month1.577 ± 0.201.669 ± 0.321.517 ± 0.281.338 ± 0.351.235 ± 0.19
PM 1 month1.613 ± 0.181.746 ± 0.221.562 ± 0.311.431 ± 0.381.285 ± 0.14
P10.190.7870.5140.2330.992
P20.3870.0860.2260.010.018

Photopic
AM baseline1.722 ± 0.171.657 ± 0.211.57 ± 0.291.266 ± 0.361.251 ± 0.13
AM 1 month1.631 ± 0.141.716 ± 0.281.59 ± 0.271.397 ± 0.371.279 ± 0.17
PM 1 month1.678 ± 0.141.775 ± 0.191.67 ± 0.221.430 ± 0.381.326 ± 0.11
P10.0060.3170.7460.0120.431
P20.1150.1290.0170.3710.01

Paired t-test. P1: comparison between AM baseline and AM 1 month after orthokeratology; P2: comparison between AM and PM during the same day 1 month after orthokeratology.