In which setting do you work and measure IOP in children? | Teaching hospital | 55.6% |
District general hospital | 47.2% | |
Community clinic | 5.6% | |
Do you run a specialist paediatric glaucoma service? | Yes | 19.4% |
No | 80.6% | |
In how many children do you measure the IOP per month? | Less than 5 | 25% |
Between 5 and 20 | 44.4% | |
More than 20 | 30.6% | |
What is your preferred method to measure IOP in children? | RBT | 77.8% |
Goldmann/Perkins applanation | 44.4% | |
Tonopen | 5.6% | |
Air puff | 5.6% | |
If you are using an RBT, how easy do you find it to use? | Very easy | 60% |
Moderately easy | 25.7% | |
Not at all easy | 2.9% | |
Not applicable | 11.4% | |
In your experience, are RBT readings accurate as compared to GAT readings? | As accurate as Goldmann | 22.7% |
RBT tend to be higher than GAT readings | 72.7% | |
RBT tend to be lower than GAT readings | 4.5% |
Using an electronic mailing list, we contacted 144 paediatric ophthalmologists in the UK. The survey ran for 10 days, from 2 February 2012 to 16 February 2012, and collected 36 replies.
GAT, Goldmann applanation tonometer; IOP, intraocular pressure; RBT, rebound tonometer. Bold represents significant replies about RBT preference, ease of use, and limitations.