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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2020 Nov 13;28(4):293–300. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2020.1846758

Table 2.

Comparison of conventional and tablet-based test for each vision metric, (N=82)

Vision Test Metric Standard test, mean (SD) Tablet test, mean (SD) Differencea, mean (SD) 95% LOA rb
Distance visual acuity
(ETDRS vs tablet), logMAR
0.04 (0.12) 0.08 (0.13) −0.04 (0.08)c −0.21, 0.12 0.78
Contrast sensitivity
(Pelli Robson vs tablet), log units
1.58 (0.17) 1.69 (0.18) −0.11 (0.13)d −0.36, 0.14 0.75
Near acuity
(MNRead vs. tablet), logMAR
0.07 (0.16) 0.16 (0.13) −0.09 (0.12)e −0.34, 0.14 0.67
a

Standard test – tablet test

b

Pearson’s Correlation

c

Corresponds to a mean difference of 2 letters on the ETDRS Chart.

d

Corresponds to a mean difference of less than 1 set of triplets on the Pelli-Robson chart.

e

Corresponds to a mean difference of less than 1 sentence on the MnRead chart.

Abbreviations: LOA=limits of agreement, ETDRS= Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study, logMAR= Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution