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- Title
Agreement of noninvasive tear break-up time measurement between Tomey RT-7000 Auto Refractor-Keratometer and Oculus Keratograph 5M.
- Authors
Sharon Yeo; Ryan Lee; Louis Tong; Han Tun Aung
- Abstract
Background: It is difficult to standardize assessment of dry eye in different clinical settings. Increasingly, tear stability is recognized to be important for the definition and assessment of patients with dry eye. Recently, two commercially available instruments have been made available for objectively measuring noninvasive tear break-up time (NIBUT), as an indicator of tear stability: the Tomey RT-7000 Auto Refractor-Keratometer and Oculus Keratograph (K)5M. We aim to assess the agreement of NIBUT measurements using these modalities. Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was carried out in a tertiary referral eye center and involved 126 consecutive dry eye patients. NIBUT assessment was performed on the right eyes of participants with both the RT-7000 and the K5M techniques, with the order of assessment randomized. The Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness (SPEED) questionnaires were administered to assess dry eye symptoms in the 2 weeks before assessment. Results: The age of the participants was 56.0±14.3 years (69.84% females). Measurements for both modalities were non-normally distributed (right-skewed). The median RT-7000 and K5M readings were 4.2 (range 0.1-10.0) and 6.4 (0.1-24.9) seconds, respectively. RT-7000 and K5M readings were poorly correlated (ρ=0.061, P=0.495). Intraclass correlation coefficient between the modalities was 0.187 (95% confidence interval -0.097 to 0.406). The Bland-Altman plot showed no systematic differences between the readings with these machines. The agreement between machines was not different in different SPEED categories. Conclusion: While there are theoretical and practical benefits of NIBUT for assessment of tear stability over dye-based methods, the agreement between the two modalities was poor. Hence, studies and trials assessing NIBUT should avoid using these modalities interchangeably for NIBUT assessment. More research is needed to improve consensus on how to determine NIBUT.
- Subjects
DRY eye syndromes; LACRIMAL apparatus surgery; LACRIMAL apparatus abnormalities; CORNEAL topography; CORNEA diseases; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Clinical Ophthalmology, 2016, Vol 10, p1785
- ISSN
1177-5467
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/OPTH.S110180