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Table 3 Selected studies comparing of spherical equivalent (SE) refraction between photoscreeners and other techniques in currently published studies

From: Agreement in non-cycloplegic and cycloplegic refraction between a photoscreener and a calibrated autorefractor

Study

Subjects

Design

Results (SE)

Liu et al. 2021 [20]

194 eyes of 97 children (age 4–14 years)

non-cycloplegic 2WIN vs. cycloplegic retinoscopy

−1.83 ± 1.48 vs. -1.38 ± 1.90 (p < 0.01)

Yakar et al. 2020 [19]

300 eyes of 150 patients (age 3–10 years)

non-cycloplegic Spot vs. cycloplegic ARK-1 refraction

+0.25 D vs. +1.12

Jesus et al. 2016 [12]

right eyes of 134 healthy participants (7–50 years)

cycloplegic Spot vs. subjective cycloplegic clinical refractometry

+0.66 ± 0.56 (p < 0.001)

Won et al. 2016 [10]

77 eyes of 40 children (2–10 years)

non-cycloplegic Plusoptix S09 vs. non-cycloplegic autorefractor vs. cycloplegic autorefractor (Canon RK-F1)

0.61 ± 2.02 vs. -0.54 ± 1.98 vs. 0.73 ± 2.05 (p < 0.001)

Payerols et al. 2016 [11]

70 eyes of 35 children (1–8 years)

non-cycloplegic Plusoptix A09 vs. non-cycloplegic vs. cycloplegic autorefraction (Nidek ARK-530A or Retinomax)

+0.54 ± 1.82 vs. -0.70 ± 3.14 (p = 0.04) vs. 1.06 ± 2.04 (p < 0.004)