Screening for visual defects in preschool children
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Screening Preschool Children for Visual Disorders: A Pilot Study
Purpose: Ocular and/or vision defects are one of the most common reasons for the referral of young children to the hospital. Vision disorders are the fourth most common disability of children and the leading cause of handicapping conditions in childhood. In preschool-age children, amblyopia and amblyogenic risk factors, such as strabismus and significant refractive errors, are the most prevalen...
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There is no evidence to support the suggestion that a widespread programme of vision screening at age 3 1/2 should be instituted. Some of the practical problems and defects of such a programme are outlined. If the issues raised are to be resolved by further research, identification of preschoolchildren who have visual problems will be facilitated by a screening procedure involving refraction an...
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INTRODUCTION Visual acuity screening (VAS) is less reliable in preschoolers than in school-aged children as a means of detecting significant refractive error. We wished to compare the effectiveness of VAS with the effectiveness of an objective method, noncycloplegic autorefraction screening (NCARS), in detecting the presence of significant astigmatism warranting spectacle correction. METHODS ...
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Results: All studies that have been published to date on the efficacy of preschool visual screening suffer from methodological flaws. The avail able data suggest a benefit from screening, though this has not been proven. Model calculations reveal that the positive predictive value of screening tests performed in isolation is inadequate. The authors of the two national reports applied different ...
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Ocular and/or vision defects are one of the commonest reasons for the referral of young children to hospital. In a survey of a birth cohort in one health district, 7.1% of children were diagnosed as having such defects by their fifth birthday; 2.1% were detected before the age of 2 years, and 5.1% between 2 and 5 years. Up to the age of 2 years, low birthweight children and those who require po...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.70.12.935