Purpose: We introduce a self-designed computer-software to substitute for the conventional Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue test that is always time-consuming in scoring and plotting the results, and evaluate its effectiveness in clinical application. Method: 27 patients and 43 normal subjects were respectively included into computer-based and conventional 100-Hue test. We compared the differences of total error scores between two groups. Another fifteen normal subjects took both tests. We compared the time needed for performing the test and easiness felt between two tests. Result: The total error score in the computer-based group was 40.1±30.3, range: 0-120; and that of conventional 100-Hue group was 44.8±28.7, range: 4-144. There was no significant differences between 2 groups (P=0.28). The subjects required 33.5±3.1 minutes per eye to perform the test in conventional group, but only 14.2±3.4 minutes in the computer-based group. There was significant differences between 2 groups (P<0.001). In subjective easiness, 13 subjects thought computer-based test is easier, and only 2 subjects thought conventional one is much easier. Conclusion: Under standardized environmental controls, it makes no differences in total error scores between 2 groups, but the computer-based test reduces the time for performing the test. From these viewpoints, computer-based program has potential to substitute for the conventional 100-Hue test.
Purpose: We introduce a self-designed computer-software to substitute for the conventional Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue test that is always time-consuming in scoring and plotting the results, and evaluate its effectiveness in clinical application. Method: 27 patients and 43 normal subjects were respectively included into computer-based and conventional 100-Hue test. We compared the differences of total error scores between two groups. Another fifteen normal subjects took both tests. We compared the time needed for performing the test and easiness felt between two tests. Result: The total error score in the computer-based group was 40.1±30.3, range: 0-120; and that of conventional 100-Hue group was 44.8±28.7, range: 4-144. There was no significant differences between 2 groups (P=0.28). The subjects required 33.5±3.1 minutes per eye to perform the test in conventional group, but only 14.2±3.4 minutes in the computer-based group. There was significant differences between 2 groups (P<0.001). In subjective easiness, 13 subjects thought computer-based test is easier, and only 2 subjects thought conventional one is much easier. Conclusion: Under standardized environmental controls, it makes no differences in total error scores between 2 groups, but the computer-based test reduces the time for performing the test. From these viewpoints, computer-based program has potential to substitute for the conventional 100-Hue test.