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Continuous IOP monitoring device shows promise in improving patient understanding, compliance
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BUSAN, Korea — A 24-hour IOP monitoring contact lens assisted in showing patients how their daily activities affected their IOP changes, educating them and improving their overall awareness of the disease, a clinician said here.
 Kaweh Mansouri |
“Twenty-four hour IOP monitoring is an example of how patients can try to quantify their disease parameters and do it over 24 hours and see how this correlates with their emotions and activities,” Kaweh Mansouri, MD, MPH, said at APAO/SOE 2012.
He presented a case of a 34-year-old patient with pigment dispersion syndrome. The patient wanted to control his syndrome and know when his IOP fluctuated and changed between office visits.
Using the Sensimed Triggerfish, a noninvasive disposable contact lens that continuously monitors IOP for 24 hours, the patient recorded his IOP. Data from the device showed that the patient’s IOP went up during a 45-minute jog. This showed the patient how his activities affected his pressure, Dr. Mansouri said. He also presented another case that demonstrated how a patient’s repeated activity affected IOP.
He said continuous monitoring could serve to empower glaucoma patients, helping them understand disease changes and increase compliance.
- Disclosure: Dr. Mansouri is a consultant for Sensimed.