PMID: 9439968Jan 24, 1998Paper

Diagnostic usefulness and cutoff value of Schirmer's I test in the Japanese diagnostic criteria of dry eye

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Für Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie
Y Danjo

Abstract

Recently, the diagnostic criteria of dry eye have been tentatively approved in Japan. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic usefulness and the cutoff value of Schirmer's I test on applying these Japanese diagnostic criteria to patients with Sjögren's syndrome. One hundred eyes of 50 patients with Sjögren's syndrome underwent a series of diagnostic tests, including Schirmer's I test, cotton thread test, tear film break-up time (BUT), fluorescein staining, and rose bengal staining. They were classified into definite dry eye, probable dry eye, and normal eye according to the Japanese criteria. The diagnostic usefulness of Schirmer's I test was evaluated in comparison with that of the cotton thread test or BUT, based on the diagnostic outcome by combination of the individual tests plus vital staining tests. The cutoff value of Schirmer's I test was evaluated, based on the results of sensitivity and specificity rates at each cutoff value from 0 to 10 mm. The diagnostic usefulness of Schirmer's I test was inferior to that of BUT, but superior to that of cotton thread test. The sensitivity and specificity were 80% and 53%, respectively, at a cutoff value of 5 mm and 88% and 35%, respectively, at a cutoff value of 10 mm....Continue Reading

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