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Table 3 The number of items of equipment and the number of eye units with that equipment

From: “Planning eye health services in Varamin district, Iran: a cross-sectional study”

Clinic Equipment

Private clinics (N = 10)

Charity clinics (N = 4)

Public hospitals (N = 2)

Total (N = 16)

 

Equip. (n)

Unit (n, %)

Equip. (n)

Unit (n, %)

Equip. (n)

Unit (n, %)

Equip. (n)

Unit (n, %)

Slit Lamps

10

8 (80%)

4

4 (100%)

2

2 (100%)

16

14 (87.0%)

Slit Lamp Lenses

15

7 (70%)

6

3 (75%)

6

2 (100%)

27

12 (75.0%)

Goniolens

7

7 (70%)

2

2 (50%)

1

1 (50%)

10

10 (62.5%)

Direct Ophthalmoscopes

9

8 (80%)

2

2 (50%)

2

2 (100%)

13

12 (75.0%)

Indirect Ophthalmoscopes

6

6 (60%)

1

1 (25%)

2

2 (100%)

9

9 (56.2%)

Diode Laser (Photocoagulation, CPC)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Photocoagulation Laser

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

NdYAG Laser

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fundus Cameras

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Retinoscopes

10

9 (90%)

3

3 (75%)

2

2 (100%)

15

14 (87.5%)

Tonometers

8

7 (70%)

2

2 (50%)

2

2 (100%)

12

11 (68.7%)

VA testing charts

11

10 (100%)

4

4 (100%)

2

2 (100%)

17

16 (100%)

Trial Lens sets and frame

11

10 (100%)

4

4 (100%)

2

2 (100%)

17

16 (100%)

Visual Field Analysers

0

0

1

1 (25%)

0

0

1

1 (6.2%)

A Scan for IOL calculation

0

0

0

0

2

2 (100%)

2

2 (12.5%)

B Scan ultrasound

0

0

0

0

1

1 (50%)

1

1 (6.2%)

Pachymeters

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Auto-Keratometer

1

1 (10%)

1

1 (25%)

1

1 (50%)

3

3 (18.7%)

Refractor Keratometer

12

10 (100%)

3

3 (75%)

2

2 (100%)

17

15 (93.7%)

Keratometers

1

1 (10%)

0

0

1

1 (50%)

2

2 (12.5%)

Orbscan

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Topography

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lensometer

8

8 (80%)

4

4 (100%)

2

2 (100%)

14

14 (87.5%)

Color vision test (titmus test)

1

1 (10%)

0

0

0

0

1

1 (6.2%)

  1. Equip. (n): the total sum of equipment in each row available in Varamin district, some units may have more than 1 piece of equipment.
  2. Unit (n. %): the number and proportion of eye units that have at least 1 piece of equipment.