Self‐tonometry as a complement in the investigation of glaucoma patients

Abstract

Measurements made using rebound self-tonometry are accurate and could be used to complement the investigation of patients with glaucoma. Intraocular pressure curves provide valuable data usable when adapting glaucoma treatment.

Monitoring daily intraocular pressure fluctuations with self‐tonometry in healthy subjects

“…This tendency had already been noted in previous studies, but at slightly different break points (Chen et al. ; Termuhlen et al. ).…”

“…This level of agreement is lower than expected based on previous studies of patients with glaucoma by Chen et al. () and Dabasia et al. () in which 78% and 84% of participants' measurements, respectively, were within this interval.…”

“…Seven devices, previously used in a study with glaucoma patients (Chen et al. ), were available for this study. Afterwards, an optometrist measured the participant's IOP first with icare ® Home and then with GAT (one single measurement).…”

“…), even in a group of aged patients with glaucoma (Chen et al. ). The last mentioned study of self‐tonometry finds that it is now possible to follow the efficacy of treatment and even to detect IOP peaks outside office hours.…”

Clinical Use of iCare Home® tonometer

“…Thanks to the up come of a new self-tonometer, iCare Home Ò , ophthalmologists have now the possibility to gather more information on the IOP. Many studies have shown that iCare Home Ò is a reliable device (Tarkkanen et al 2010;Chen et al 2016;Pronin et al 2017;Querat & Chen 2017;Tarkkanen & Kivela 2018). Motivated patients or a suitable accompanying person can be trained to perform home tonometry.…”