Table 2.
Age, gender (Male/Female), and tear film break-up time (TFBUT) of all participants. Spontaneous eyeblink rate (SEBR), percentage of incomplete blinks, blink regularity (coefficient of variation of IBI), and time percentage of ocular surface exposure (when only complete blinks are considered) are shown for each participant and experimental condition (baseline, electronic display, and hard-copy text).
| Participants | Baseline Conditions | Electronic Display Reading | Hard-Copy Text Reading | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | Gender (M/F) | TFBUT (s) | SEBR (Blink/min) | Incomplete Blinks (%) | Blink Reg. (%) | Ocular Exposure (%) | SEBR (Blink/min) | Incomplete Blinks (%) | Blink Reg. (%) | Ocular Exposure (%) | SEBR (Blink/min) | Incomplete Blinks (%) | Blink Reg. (%) | Ocular Exposure (%) |
| 44 | M | 10 | 19 | 39.3 | 48.7 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 62.6 | 38.9 | 3 | 0 | 93.4 | 34.1 |
| 29 | F | 12 | 31 | 21.1 | 46.1 | 0.0 | 18 | 15.3 | 57.3 | 0.0 | 16 | 29.0 | 57.2 | 1.8 |
| 70 | M | 6 | 28 | 68.6 | 56.4 | 6.0 | 5 | 20 | 89.9 | 66.7 | 2 | 26.0 | 108.4 | 75.5 |
| 69 | F | 4 | 15 | 46.0 | 55.9 | 42.1 | 5 | 26.0 | 77.7 | 70.0 | 5 | 26.0 | 48.2 | 66.7 |
| 44 | M | 10 | 22 | 51.9 | 45.5 | 6.8 | 18 | 36.0 | 27.7 | 0.0 | 21 | 6.9 | 33.7 | 0.0 |
| 45 | F | 5 | 4 | 0 | 130.5 | 56.2 | 21 | 13.8 | 46.0 | 6.8 | 18 | 23.0 | 101.9 | 7.0 |
| 41 | M | 5 | 32 | 38.0 | 67.5 | 13.0 | 3 | 34.3 | 80.5 | 59.2 | 4 | 0 | 84.7 | 83.3 |
| 74 | F | 4 | 24 | 41.3 | 54.1 | 8.8 | 16 | 6.9 | 49.2 | 12.1 | 18 | 0 | 44.9 | 15.8 |