Bandlitz, Stefan, Peter, Barbara, Pflugi, Tanja, Jaeger, Kai, Anwar, Aaisha, Bikhu, Paramdeep, Nosch, Daniela S. and Wolffsohn, James S. (2020). Agreement and repeatability of four different devices to measure non-invasive tear breakup time (NIBUT). Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 43 (5), pp. 507-511.
Abstract
Purpose: Since tear film stability can be affected by fluorescein, the Dry Eye Workshop (DEWSII) recommended non-invasive measurement of tear breakup time (NIBUT). The aim of this study was to investigate the agreement and repeatability of four different instruments in the measurement of NIBUT. Methods: 72 participants (mean 24.2 ± 3.6 years) were recruited for this multi-centre, cross-sectional study. NIBUT was measured three times from one eye using each of the instruments in randomized order on two separate sessions during a day, separated by at least 2 h. NIBUT was performed at three sites (Switzerland, Germany and UK) using three subjective instruments, Tearscope Plus (Keeler, Windsor, UK) (TS), Polaris (bon Optic, Lübeck, Germany) (POL), EasyTear Viewplus (Easytear, Rovereto, Italy) (ET) and the objective Keratograph 5 M (Oculus Optikgeräte GmbH, Wetzlar, Germany) (KER). As the latter instrument only analyses for 24 s, all data was capped at this value. Results: NIBUT measurements (average of both sessions) between the four instruments were not statistically significantly different: TS (median 10.4, range 2.0–24.0 s), POL (10.1, 1.0–24.0 s), ET (10.6, 1.0–24.0 s) and KER (11.1, 2.6–24.0 s) (p = 0.949). The objective KER measures were on average (1.2 s ± 9.6 s, 95 % confidence interval) greater than the subjective evaluations of NIBUT with the other instruments (mean difference 0.4 s ± 7.7 s, 95 % confidence interval), resulting in a higher limits of agreement. The slope was -0.08 to 0.11 indicating no bias in the difference between instruments with the magnitude of the NIBUT. Repeated measurements from the two sessions were not significantly different for TS (p = 0.584), POL (p = 0.549), ET (p = 0.701) or KER (p = 0.261). Conclusions: The four instruments evaluated for their measurement of tear stability were reasonably repeatable and give similar average results.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clae.2020.02.018 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Optometry > Optometry |
Additional Information: | © 2020, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dry eye,Easy-tear,Keratograph,NIBUT,Non-invasive breakup time,Polaris,Repeatability,Tear film stability,Tearscope,Ophthalmology,Optometry |
Publication ISSN: | 1476-5411 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2024 08:47 |
Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2020 10:37 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2020-10 |
Published Online Date: | 2020-03-03 |
Accepted Date: | 2020-02-25 |
Authors: |
Bandlitz, Stefan
Peter, Barbara Pflugi, Tanja Jaeger, Kai Anwar, Aaisha Bikhu, Paramdeep Nosch, Daniela S. Wolffsohn, James S. ( ![]() |
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