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Theruveethi N, Ve RS, Srinivasan K. Comparison of endpoint of subjective cycloplegic refraction with artificial aperture and post-mydriatic test among adults with refractive error. Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2019;10(3):212-216doi: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_36_19.
Theruveethi, N., Ve, R. S., & Srinivasan, K. (2020). Comparison of endpoint of subjective cycloplegic refraction with artificial aperture and post-mydriatic test among adults with refractive error. Taiwan journal of ophthalmology, 10(3), 212-216. https://doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_36_19
Theruveethi, Nagarajan, et al. "Comparison of endpoint of subjective cycloplegic refraction with artificial aperture and post-mydriatic test among adults with refractive error." Taiwan journal of ophthalmology vol. 10,3 (2020): 212-216. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_36_19
Theruveethi N, Ve RS, Srinivasan K. Comparison of endpoint of subjective cycloplegic refraction with artificial aperture and post-mydriatic test among adults with refractive error. Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2019 Sep 17;10(3):212-216. doi: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_36_19. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33110754; PMCID: PMC7585480.
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Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2019 Sep 17;10(3):212-216. doi: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_36_19. eCollection 2020.

Comparison of endpoint of subjective cycloplegic refraction with artificial aperture and post-mydriatic test among adults with refractive error.

Taiwan journal of ophthalmology

Nagarajan Theruveethi, Ramesh S Ve, Krithica Srinivasan

Affiliations

  1. Department of Optometry, Manipal College of Health Professions, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

PMID: 33110754 PMCID: PMC7585480 DOI: 10.4103/tjo.tjo_36_19

Abstract

PURPOSE: There is a need to understand the requirement for the post-mydriatic test (PMT) among adults for the final prescription of spectacles as this test increases the cost of eye care and causes inconvenience to the patient because of the additional visit to an eye care practitioner. We aim to compare the cycloplegic subjective refraction using apertures of various sizes and PMT in an adult population.

METHODS: This prospective crossover study was conducted under standard settings in an eye clinic. Adult individuals between 18 and 35 years of with emmetropia and various degrees of ametropia participated in this study. Individuals with known ocular pathology were excluded. Non-cycloplegic objective refraction was performed followed by subjective refraction. Cycloplegic objective refraction was performed followed by subjective refraction with custom designed artificial apertures. After a washout period of cycloplegic, PMT was performed. The distribution of data was tested using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Depending on the distribution of the data, either parametric or nonparametric test was done.

RESULTS: Fifty-nine eyes of thirty individuals with a mean (±SD) age of 23(±4) years with a male: female ratio of 1:4 participated in this study. A comparison of measures of PMT and subjective refraction with 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mm aperture under cycloplegic effect using the Friedman test rendered a Chi square value (df = 5) of 1.92 which was not statistically different (

CONCLUSION: Performing subjective refraction with an appropriate spherical and cylindrical endpoint under cycloplegic effect with appropriate aperture overcomes the necessity of PMT.

Copyright: © 2019 Taiwan J Ophthalmol.

Keywords: Accommodation; artificial pupil; cycloplegics; mydriatics; refraction

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interests of this paper.

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