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[Comparison of the iCare tonometer with the Goldmann tonometer in Malawi]
J Hohmann1, M Schulze-Schwering, T Chirambo Nyaka
1Universitäts-Augenklinik Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland. Joho5@web.de
Background:
The risk for glaucoma is 4-5 times higher in patients from sub-Saharan Africa. Thus, especially in developing countries an easy and effective method for assessing the intraocular pressure (IOP) is needed.
Methodology:
In this hospital-based survey 150 eyes were divided into 3 groups concerning the IOP (group I < 16 mmHg, group II 16-23 mmHg and group III > 23 mmHg) and underwent examination with ultrasound pachymetry followed by iCare tonometry (ICT) and Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT). Agreement of the measurements by two tonometers was assessed with the Bland-Altman method and the influence of the central corneal thickness (CCT) on the ICT measurements was determined.
Results:
The mean difference between the IOD measured with GAT and ICT was 0.84 ± 2.63 mmHg. The differences were similar in all three groups (0.77-0.97 mmHg), however, the standard deviation in group III (4.04 mmHg) was greater than in groups I (1.98 mmHg) and II (1.79 mmHg). The mean CCT was 513.51 ± 36.22 µm.
Conclusions:
The agreement of measurements by GAT and ICT was good for lower IOP values but less accurate in patients with higher IOP values (group III). A dependency of the CCT on the ICT measurements was observed. In comparison to other countries the lowest CCTs were found in Malawian patients.
