- Distribution of patients’ optic neuritis clinical data by their disease duration, Saudi Arabia.
| Clinical data | Disease duration | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >25 days | 11-15 days | ||||
| No | (%) | No | (%) | ||
| Pupillary reaction | |||||
| Defective | 6 | (46.2) | 1 | (50.0) | .919 |
| Normal | 7 | (53.8) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Painful eye movement | |||||
| Absent | 10 | (76.9) | 0 | (0.0) | .032* |
| Present | 3 | (23.1) | 2 | (100.0) | |
| Color vision | |||||
| Decreased | 8 | (61.5) | 1 | (50.0) | .756 |
| Normal | 5 | (38.5) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Visual Acuity | |||||
| <20/200 | 1 | (7.7) | 0 | (0.0) | .921 |
| >20/200 | 6 | (46.2) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| 20/200 | 6 | (46.2) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Optic disc | |||||
| Blurred | 5 | (38.5) | 0 | (0.0) | .177 |
| Normal | 4 | (30.8) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Pale | 4 | (30.8) | 2 | (100.0) | |
| Brain MRI findings | |||||
| Multiple lesions | 5 | (38.5) | 1 | (50.0) | .364 |
| Normal | 6 | (46.2) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Not done | 2 | (15.4) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Number of attacks | |||||
| One attack of optic neuritis | 5 | (38.5) | 1 | (50.0) | .756 |
| Two or more attacks of optic neuritis | 8 | (61.5) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Vision consequences in optic neuritis patients | |||||
| <20/200, Presence loss of field of vision | 1 | (7.7) | 0 | (0.0) | .883 |
| 20/200 | 6 | (46.2) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Improved better than 20/200 | 4 | (30.8) | 1 | (50.0) | |
| Presence of loss of field of vision | 2 | (15.4) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Vision prognosis for optic neuritis | |||||
| Complete resolution of their symptoms with some residual vision loss | 1 | (7.7) | 0 | (0.0) | .049* |
| Complete resolution of their symptoms without some residual vision loss | 4 | (30.8) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Continued visual change | 4 | (30.8) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Reduced color vision | 3 | (23.1) | 0 | (0.0) | |
| Missing | 1 | (7.7) | 2 | (100) | |
P - Exact probability test,
↵* p<0.05 (significant)