Gouthaman M, Raman R P, Kadambi A, Padmajakumari R, Paul P G, Sharma T
Sankara Nethralaya, 18 College Road, Chennai-600006, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Postgrad Med. 2005 Apr-Jun;51(2):112-4, discussion 115.
To develop a customised, portable, cost-effective (logarithmic minimal angle resolution) LogMAR chart with adjustable illumination for use as a mass vision-screening device in the rural population.
Visual acuity of 100 individuals was evaluated with a customised chart and compared with the standard Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart and Snellen's Chart. Bland and Altman analytical techniques were used for analysis.
Test-retest variability of the customised chart was just a one-line difference (95% CI for agreement), and so were the results with the standard ETDRS charts; a variability of 3-line was noted with Snellen's chart. Two-line differences were observed when comparison was made with Standard ETDRS chart and 2 to 3-line differences with Snellen's chart.
The customised portable LogMAR chart with adjustable illumination shows less test-retest variability and better agreement with standard ETDRS chart; therefore, it can be used as a mass vision-screening device in rural settings.
开发一种定制的、便携式、经济高效的(对数最小分辨角)LogMAR视力表,其照明可调节,用作农村人群的大规模视力筛查设备。
使用定制视力表对100名个体的视力进行评估,并与标准的糖尿病视网膜病变早期治疗研究(ETDRS)视力表和斯内伦视力表进行比较。采用布兰德和奥特曼分析技术进行分析。
定制视力表的重测变异性仅为一行差异(一致性的95%置信区间),标准ETDRS视力表的结果也是如此;斯内伦视力表的变异性为3行。与标准ETDRS视力表比较时观察到两行差异,与斯内伦视力表比较时观察到2至3行差异。
具有可调节照明的定制便携式LogMAR视力表显示出较小的重测变异性,并且与标准ETDRS视力表的一致性更好;因此,它可作为农村地区的大规模视力筛查设备使用。