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For each of the clinical scenarios a, b and c, 14 (20%), 33 (47%) and 28 (40%) responses, respectively, fell outside the follow-up interval recommended by NICE. Nearly half of the specialists (46%) agreed that 6 VF tests in the first 2\u2005years was ideal practice, while 16 (28%) said this was practice \u2018not possible\u2019, with many giving resources within the NHS setting as a limiting factor.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results from this survey suggest that there is a large variation in attitudes to follow-up intervals for patients with glaucoma in the UK, with assigned intervals for VF testing which are, in many cases, inconsistent with the guidelines from NICE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2012-002067","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,4]],"date-time":"2013-05-04T20:09:16Z","timestamp":1367698156000},"page":"e002067","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":46,"title":["A survey of attitudes of glaucoma subspecialists in England and Wales to visual field test intervals in relation to NICE guidelines"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Rizwan","family":"Malik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Glaucoma Research Unit, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation NHS Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helen","family":"Baker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Glaucoma Research Unit, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation NHS Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK"},{"name":"Division of Optometry & Visual Science, School of Health Science, City University London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard A","family":"Russell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Glaucoma Research Unit, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation NHS Trust & UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK"},{"name":"Division of Optometry & Visual Science, School of Health Science, City University London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David P","family":"Crabb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Optometry & Visual Science, School of Health Science, City University London, London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,5,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025121411173507000_3.5.e002067.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1410","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.eye.6703089","article-title":"A survey of investigations used for the management of glaucoma in hospital service in the United Kingdom","volume":"22","author":"Gordon-Bennett","year":"2008","journal-title":"Eye (London)"},{"key":"2025121411173507000_3.5.e002067.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(04)16257-0"},{"key":"2025121411173507000_3.5.e002067.3","unstructured":"NICE. ed. 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