A Pilot Evaluation Assessing the Ease of Use and Accuracy of the New Self/Home-Tonometer IcareHOME in Healthy Young Subjects

Abstract Purpose: We investigated the ease of use and accuracy of a new self/home-tonometer (IcareHOME) versus Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT) and the Icare tonometer (Icare) by measuring the diurnal intraocular pressure (IOP). Patients and methods: The right eyes of 43 healthy young subjects were studied. The IOP was measured using the IcareHOME, GAT, and Icare […]

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Accuracy of Measurements With the iCare HOME Rebound Tonometer

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of intraocular pressure (IOP) measurements obtained with the newly available iCare HOME (RTHOME) rebound tonometer compared with the iCare ONE (RTONE) tonometer and Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT), and possible correlation with central corneal thickness (CCT). Materials and methods: IOP measurements were obtained from 154 patients by an ophthalmologist (doc) […]

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The Icare HOME (TA022) Study: Performance of an Intraocular Pressure Measuring Device for Self-Tonometry by Glaucoma Patients

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the Icare HOME (TA022) device (Icare Oy, Vanda, Finland) for use by glaucoma patients for self-tonometry. Design: Prospective performance evaluation of a medical device. Participants: One hundred eighty-nine participants with glaucoma or suspected glaucoma were recruited from the Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, between July 2014 and April 2015. Methods: Participants […]

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

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the reliability of intraocular pressure measured by patients with glaucoma themselves using a new hand-held tonometer and to observe whether the intraocular pressure (IOP) variations have the same pattern on different days while glaucoma treatment is constant. Methods: Eighty-seven patients diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension were recruited to the […]

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Evaluation of a new rebound tonometer for self-measurement of intraocular pressure

Abstract Background/aims: To compare the accuracy of self-obtained, partner-obtained and trainer-obtained measurements using the handheld Icare Home rebound tonometer with Goldmann applanation tonometry (GAT), and to evaluate the acceptability to subjects of Icare Home measurement. Methods: 76 subjects were trained to use Icare Home for self-measurement using a standardised protocol. A prespecified checklist was used […]

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Handhabung von Reboundselbsttonometern der ersten und zweiten Generation [Ease of handling of first and second generation rebound tonometers]

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate the ease of handling of two rebound tonometers, which are designed for self-measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP) in a clinical setting by untrained patients. Methods: After self-measurement of the IOP with the rebound tonometers iCare ONE and iCare HOME, participants were asked to complete a questionnaire containing different subitems concerning ease […]

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