Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the 3nethra aberro auto refractometer device as an alternative tool for quick and reliable measurement of refractive errors and to compare it with the gold standard subjective refractive error measurement. Methods: Refractive errors were measured using both subjective r...

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Main Authors: Selvamani Perumal, Surya Venkatramanan, Venkatramanan RJ, Jayanthi T, Jai Adithya, Anjaly Abraham, Henna Cherian
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Published: Knowledge E 2022-11-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v17i4.12314
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author Selvamani Perumal
Surya Venkatramanan
Venkatramanan RJ
Jayanthi T
Jai Adithya
Anjaly Abraham
Henna Cherian
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Surya Venkatramanan
Venkatramanan RJ
Jayanthi T
Jai Adithya
Anjaly Abraham
Henna Cherian
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description Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the 3nethra aberro auto refractometer device as an alternative tool for quick and reliable measurement of refractive errors and to compare it with the gold standard subjective refractive error measurement. Methods: Refractive errors were measured using both subjective refraction and the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer. The refractive measurements were converted into equivalent vector notations of spherical equivalent and Jackson cross-cylinder measurements J0 & J45. The resultant power vectors were compared with subjective measurements. Results: This clinical study comprised 60 subjects (22 male and 38 female; with a mean age of 34 ± 16 years). Data, when compared with the subjective refraction measurements, resulted in 90% of power vectors values in both left and right eyes being the same in the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer and the subjective measurement. The refractive error measurements also had an agreement of 70% and 90% when the range of diopter was between ± 0.25 and ± 0.5D, respectively. When the Bland-Altman's plot analysis was performed, about 98% of data lied within the ± 2 standard deviation variation. An average correlation between the two methods of error measurement was 0.74, and the paired t-test showed P > 0.05 for all the power vectors except for the spherical equivalent in the right eye. Conclusion: The 90% agreement between the error measurements done by two methods indicates that the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer can function as an alternative for the time-consuming subjective refractive error measurement.
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spelling doaj-art-5fa3c0fc8f8242d4886ed8558b8edfee2025-08-20T02:35:43ZengKnowledge EJournal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research2008-20102008-322X2022-11-0117453654210.18502/jovr.v17i4.12314jovr.v17i4.12314Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld AutorefractometerSelvamani Perumal0Surya Venkatramanan1Venkatramanan RJ2Jayanthi T3Jai Adithya4Anjaly Abraham5Henna Cherian6 Forus Health Pvt Ltd, Banashankari, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Forus Health Pvt Ltd, Banashankari, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Forus Health Pvt Ltd, Banashankari, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Department of Biomedical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Department of Biomedical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Department of Biomedical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Department of Biomedical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAbstract Purpose: To evaluate the 3nethra aberro auto refractometer device as an alternative tool for quick and reliable measurement of refractive errors and to compare it with the gold standard subjective refractive error measurement. Methods: Refractive errors were measured using both subjective refraction and the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer. The refractive measurements were converted into equivalent vector notations of spherical equivalent and Jackson cross-cylinder measurements J0 & J45. The resultant power vectors were compared with subjective measurements. Results: This clinical study comprised 60 subjects (22 male and 38 female; with a mean age of 34 ± 16 years). Data, when compared with the subjective refraction measurements, resulted in 90% of power vectors values in both left and right eyes being the same in the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer and the subjective measurement. The refractive error measurements also had an agreement of 70% and 90% when the range of diopter was between ± 0.25 and ± 0.5D, respectively. When the Bland-Altman's plot analysis was performed, about 98% of data lied within the ± 2 standard deviation variation. An average correlation between the two methods of error measurement was 0.74, and the paired t-test showed P > 0.05 for all the power vectors except for the spherical equivalent in the right eye. Conclusion: The 90% agreement between the error measurements done by two methods indicates that the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer can function as an alternative for the time-consuming subjective refractive error measurement.https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v17i4.12314aberro autorefractometernon-mydriaticpupil diameterrefractive indexsubjective refractive errorvisionwavefront technology
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Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research
aberro autorefractometer
non-mydriatic
pupil diameter
refractive index
subjective refractive error
vision
wavefront technology
title Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer
title_full Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer
title_fullStr Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer
title_full_unstemmed Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer
title_short Clinical Evaluation of the 3nethra Aberro Handheld Autorefractometer
title_sort clinical evaluation of the 3nethra aberro handheld autorefractometer
topic aberro autorefractometer
non-mydriatic
pupil diameter
refractive index
subjective refractive error
vision
wavefront technology
url https://doi.org/10.18502/jovr.v17i4.12314
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