title: [Automatic refractometer in the evaluation of eye refraction in children].
abstract: Recent publications state that automatic refractometer is more precise than retinoscopy. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is significant difference in refractive values obtained by retinoscopy and by automatic refractometer. We examined 39 children (78 eyes) aged between 4 and 6 years. Retinoscopy after atropine midriasis and automatic refractometer measurements were done in all patients. We compared the values obtained with retinoscopy and automatic refractometer and found statistically significant differences in the sphere (T-test: t = 17,929, p < 0.001) and cylinder diopters (T-test: t = 3.052, P = 0.005) but in the axes (T-test: t = 0.319, P = 0.751). Therefore, we believe that retinoscopy remains the only precise method to evaluate eye refraction.
authors: Klinika za ocne bolesti, Klinicki bolnicki centar Split, Split, Hrvatska. dobrilakarlica@hotmail.com
authors: Dobrila
authors: D
authors: Karlica
authors: Svjetlana
authors: S
authors: Matijević
authors: Davor
authors: D
authors: Galetović
authors: Ljubo
authors: L
authors: Znaor
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D042262:Retinoscopy