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Diane Beasley Whitaker

Diane Beasley Whitaker

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology
diane.whitaker@duke.edu
4598 Hudson Building, BOX_3802, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Accelerated Brain Atrophy, Microstructural Decline and Connectopathy in Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Journal Article Biomedicines · January 10, 2024 Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has recently been linked to cognitive impairment. We hypothesized that AMD modifies the brain aging trajectory, and we conducted a longitudinal diffusion MRI study on 40 participants (20 with AMD and 20 controls) to r ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Automated Eye Tracking Enables Saccade Performance Evaluation of Patients with Concussion History.

Journal Article Optom Vis Sci · December 1, 2023 SIGNIFICANCE: Automated eye tracking could be used to evaluate saccade performance of patients with concussion history, providing quantitative insights about the degree of oculomotor impairment and potential vision rehabilitation strategies for this patien ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use of the ICD-10 vision codes to study ocular conditions in Medicare beneficiaries with stroke.

Journal Article BMC Health Serv Res · July 8, 2020 BACKGROUND: Ocular conditions are common following stroke and frequently occur in combination with pre-existing ophthalmologic disease. The Medicare International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) coding system for ... Full text Link to item Cite

A low-vision rehabilitation program for patients with mild cognitive deficits.

Journal Article JAMA Ophthalmol · July 2013 IMPORTANCE: We are unaware of any standardized protocols within low-vision rehabilitation (LVR) to address cognitive impairment. OBJECTIVE: To design and pilot-test an LVR program for patients with macular disease and cognitive deficits. DESIGN: The Memory ... Full text Link to item Cite

Memory deficit associated with worse functional trajectories in older adults in low-vision rehabilitation for macular disease.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · November 2012 OBJECTIVES: To examine whether performance on a brief memory test is related to functional outcomes in older individuals undergoing low-vision rehabilitation (LVR) for macular disease. DESIGN: Observational cohort study of individuals receiving outpatient ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluating school-aged children with visual disabilities

Chapter · January 1, 2012 There is no aspect of a child's development that is unaffected by vision. Interpreting or localizing targets is much easier for those items visual in nature as compared with other sensory perceptions. This chapter outlines low-vision rehabilitation (LVR) e ... Full text Cite

Categorizing the effect of comorbidity: a qualitative study of individuals' experiences in a low-vision rehabilitation program.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · October 2011 OBJECTIVES: To identify generalizable ways that comorbidity affects older adults' experiences in a health service program directed toward an index condition and to develop a framework to assist clinicians in approaching comorbidity in the design, delivery, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comorbid cognitive impairment and functional trajectories in low vision rehabilitation for macular disease.

Journal Article Aging Clin Exp Res · 2011 BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Comorbid cognitive impairment is common among visually impaired older adults. This study investigated whether baseline cognitive status predicts functional trajectories among older adults in low vision rehabilitation (LVR) for macular ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prevalence and patterns of comorbid cognitive impairment in low vision rehabilitation for macular disease.

Journal Article Arch Gerontol Geriatr · 2010 The prevalence of comorbid cognitive impairment among older adults referred to low vision rehabilitation (LVR) for macular disease is unknown. We performed cognitive testing on 101 adults aged 65 years or older with macular disease who were referred to The ... Full text Link to item Cite