Self-refraction accuracy with adjustable spectacles among children in Ghana

Optometry and Vision Science : Official Publication of the American Academy of Optometry
Alex Azuka IlechieCarl Halladay Abraham

Abstract

To determine the accuracy of self-refraction (SR) in myopic teenagers, we compared visual and refractive outcomes of self-refracting spectacles (FocusSpecs) with those obtained using cycloplegic subjective refraction (CSR) as a gold standard. A total of 203 eligible schoolchildren (mean [±SD] age, 13.8 [±1.0] years; 59.1% were female) completed an examination consisting of SR with FocusSpecs adjustable spectacles, visual acuity with the logMAR (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) chart, cycloplegic retinoscopy, and CSR. Examiners were masked to the SR findings. Wilcoxon signed rank test and paired Student t test were used to compare measures across refraction methods (95% confidence intervals [CIs]). The mean (±SD) spherical equivalent refractive error measured by CSR and SR was -1.22 (±0.49) diopters (D) and -1.66 (±0.73) D, respectively, a statistically significant difference of -0.44 D (p < 0.001, t = 15.517). The greatest proportion of participants was correctable to visual acuity greater than or equal to 6/7.5 (logMAR 0.1) in the better eye by CSR (99.0%; 95% CI, 96.5 to 99.7%), followed by cycloplegic retinoscopy (94.1%; 95% CI, 90.0 to 96.6%) and SR (85.2%; 95% CI, 79.7 to 89.5%). These proportions differed sig...Continue Reading

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Jan 23, 2018·Clinical & Experimental Optometry : Journal of the Australian Optometrical Association·Alexander LeubeSiegfried Wahl
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