Uptake, referral and attendance: results from an inner city school based vision screening programme
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
An inner city preschool visual screening programme: long-term visual results.
AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term outcome of the treatment of amblyopia as a sequel to preschool screening, which has not hither-to been described. METHODS All patients originally referred from a preschool screening programme were recalled for examination by letter. 255 patients were reviewed at least 4 years after discharge of which 88 were definitely amblyopic at p...
متن کاملEvaluation of the cervical cytology screening programme in an inner city health district.
District health authorities have been instructed to operate a cervical cytology call and recall screening programme using the age-sex registers held by family practitioner committees. A detailed evaluation of implementation in an inner London district showed that 477 out of 687 (69%) invitation letters sent to women by the family practitioner committee were either inaccurate or inappropriate: a...
متن کاملAssessment of an inner city visual screening programme for preschool children.
AIMS The efficiency of preschool visual screening programmes to detect amblyopia is questionable. In this study such a programme in an inner city was assessed to determine its effectiveness. METHODS The results of screening and hospital treatment of 712 patients who were considered to require referral were entered into a database for analysis. Default rates were assessed and the efficacy of t...
متن کاملEvaluation of Students' Vision Screening Test by School Nurse
ABSTRACT Health screening in student, such as Visual screening test usually carry out by school nurses in many rural schools in Iran. While students are in the growth age, visual acuity may be affected by growth. A Study was carried out to evaluate vision screening test on students in Hamadan, Iran. A sample of 878 pupils examined by a school nurse using E- Chart. According to the test, chil...
متن کاملSleep and school attendance in adolescence: results from a large population-based study.
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the link between adolescent sleep and non-attendance in school. METHODS A large population-based study from Norway conducted in 2012, the youth@hordaland study, surveyed 8,347 adolescents aged 16-19 years (54% girls). Self-reported sleep measures included bedtime, rise time, sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency (SOL), wake after...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British and Irish Orthoptic Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2516-3590
DOI: 10.22599/bioj.71