Comparing automated and manual assessments of tear break-up time using different non-invasive devices and a fluorescein procedure.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the agreement and repeatability of an automated topography-based method for non-invasive break-up time (NIBUT) analyses in comparison with two other NIBUT procedures, the fluorescein procedure (fBUT), and with the manual assessment with the same device. In the first experiment, a semi-randomised crossover study was performed on forty-three participants (23.1 ± 2.1 years). NIBUT measurements were collected in a randomised order, in both eyes of participants with EasyTear View + (Easytear, Rovereto), Polaris, and Sirius + (CSO, Firenze). Then a fBUT was collected. The overall measurement procedure was repeated in a further session (retest) on the same day. In a second experiment, a retrospective randomised crossover study was performed on eighty-five NIBUT videos previously recor

SUBMITTER: Zeri F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10827797 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature