Moderate amblyopia (VA up to 6/24) – Patching for 2 hours/day = patching for 6 hours/day
Severe amblyopia (6/60-6/120) – Part time patching (6 hours/day) = full time patching ( 4 line improvement)
Moderate amblyopia (up to 6/60) – Patching = atropine in treating.( 3 line improvement)
Moderate amblyopia – Daily atropine = weekend only atropine
Patients aged 7-17 years – may continue to be some improvements in vision with occlusion/ atropine in patients who haven\’t previously had treatment {Especially if moderate amblyopia and age 7-13 years}
Anisometropic amblyopia – Refractive correction alone improves VA in a third of cases
Performing near activities whilst patching does not improve VA
