Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations

Abstract

Objective: Comparison of Plusoptix S08 with a standart autorefractometer (Topcon RM 8000B) in children and adults.
Methods: 220 eyes of 110 children, with a mean age of 8.06 ± 2.89 years old were examined to compare non-cycloplegic measurements provided by Plusoptix S08 and cycloplegic measurements provided by Topcon RM- 8000B autorefractometer. In addition, 254 eyes of 127 adults, with a mean age of 33.3 ± 13.36 years old were examined to compare non-cycloplegic refractive mea­surements provided by Plusoptix S08 and Topcon RM 8000B autorefractometer. All measurements were repeat­ed three times. Median sphere, cylinder, spherical equiva­lent and cylindrical axes as Jackson cross cylinder power measurements (J0 and J45) were compared statistically.
Results: The median differences in spheres, cylinders, spherical equivalents, J0 and J45 powers were –0.25 D (P< 0.001), –0.25 D (P< 0.001), –0.25 D (P< 0.001), –0.02 (P= 0.038), 0.00 (P= 0.395), in children, respec­tively. These values were 0.50 (P<0.001), 0.00 (P<0.001), 0.375 (P<0.001), 0.03 (P= 0.053), 0.79 (P= 0.081), in adults, respectively.
Conclusion: Plusoptix S08 has a myopic misspelled ac­cording to Topcon-RM8000B autorefractometer in chil­dren. However, measurements provided with Plusoptix S08 were more hyperopic than those with Topcon RM- 8000B autorefractometer in adults.