Agreement Between Tear Film Tests Performed by Novice Examiners
Miriam Casares-Lopez, Pilar Granados-Delgado, Francesco Martino, Miriam Carrillo-Pulido, Rosario G. Anera, Sonia Ortiz-Peregrina · 2026
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Description
Miriam Casares-Lopez and co-authors reported in 2026 on whether tear film tests agree when students new to the task perform them. Sixty-one young volunteers, most of them women, had tear volume and break-up time measured by manual, automated, and fluorescein methods. Symptoms were recorded with a standard eye discomfort questionnaire.
Agreement between the methods proved poor, except that the manual and fluorescein readings matched each other moderately well. Repeating a measurement three times did not improve consistency, and symptom scores barely tracked any test result. The authors caution that automated readings cannot replace careful clinical judgment, especially when examiners have little experience.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Miriam Casares-Lopez, Pilar Granados-Delgado, Francesco Martino, Miriam Carrillo-Pulido, Rosario G. Anera, Sonia Ortiz-Peregrina |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |