To describe the 15-month baseline results and costs of the Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-up Study, which aims to investigate whether innovative community-based eye health screening can improve...
Five-year prospective, cluster-randomized controlled trial....
Individuals aged 40+ years were recruited from public housing buildings in New York City for an eye health screening (visual acuity (VA) with correction, intraocular pressure measurements (IOP), and f...
A total of 708 participants were screened; mean age 68.6±11.9 years, female (65.1%), African American (51.8%) and Hispanic (42%). 78.4% (n = 555) failed the eye health screening; 35% (n= 250) had an a...
This innovative study in public housing developments targeted high-risk populations, provided access to eye-care, and improved early detection of ocular diseases in New York City. The study has identi...
During the 2020-21 academic year, COVID-19-related educational disruptions impacted school-based vision screenings. However, limited information regarding changes in vision screening and the number of...
Myopia is a major health issue around the world. Myopia in children has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in China, but reports are scarce on the prevalence of myopia following the ...
A school-based vision screening study used stratified samplings to collect the vision screening data in school children aged 6-13 from 45 primary schools in Hangzhou. Vision screening data including u...
A total of 79,068 screening results (158,136 eyes) were included in the analysis. A substantial myopic shift (approximately -0.30 diopters [D] on average) was found in 2020 and 2021 compared with 2019...
Myopia in children has increased rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. After the pandemic, the prevalence of myopia in children gradually decreased temporarily and then rebounded. Myopic shift was mor...
To analyze rates of follow-up eye care for students that failed school vision screenings over a 7-year period in 238 Arkansas school districts....
In this cross-sectional study, vision screening, demographic, socioeconomic, academic, and eye care provider data were collected. The main outcomes were referral rates, rates of follow-up eye care for...
A total of 1,744,805 vision screenings over 7 academic years (2013-2020) were included. The average screening rate was 35.4% across the study years. The screening failure rate ranged from 8.0% to 9.4%...
Arkansas children in our study cohort that failed vision screenings had inadequate follow-up eye care. Follow-up rates were associated with several key indicators of socioeconomic status....
To explore the prevalence and risk factors for myopia and uncorrected myopia in schoolchildren in southern China....
The government-led Shantou Myopia Study was conducted from September 2020 to June 2021. Non-cycloplegic refraction was performed. Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) was measured along with presenting vi...
This study enrolled 724 828 schoolchildren (77.8% of all schoolchildren in Shantou) from 901 schools. Data from 721 032 schoolchildren (99.5%) were analysed (mean age 11.53±3.13 years, 6-20 years, 373...
The overall prevalence of myopia among schoolchildren in Shantou was 51.8%, higher than the national average in China. The proportion of uncorrected myopia is high, especially in primary schools. Our ...
To report the outcomes and positive predictive value (PPV) of vision screening in schoolchildren 4-7 years of age through the Primary School Nurse Health Readiness Program (PSNHRP) in Queensland, Aust...
A retrospective review of schoolchildren who underwent vision screening between January 2017 and December 2020 was conducted. Vision screening was performed through a dual-examination method, using th...
Of 185,685 eligible children, 176,164 (94.9%) consented to vision screening, 164,890 (93.6%) consented children underwent vision screening, and of those 12,148 (7.4%) were referred for an eye assessme...
The PSNHRP vision screening program showed a high uptake, and the dual screening method was effective in identifying visual abnormalities, with higher PPV when both visual acuity and photoscreener res...
The blinq (Rebion Inc) is a new screening device designed to directly detect amblyopia and strabismus rather than amblyopia risk factors. We performed an independent assessment of the effectiveness of...
Prospective clinical validity analysis of a screening device based on sensitivity and specificity....
Children presenting for examination in the pediatric ophthalmology clinic underwent screening with the blinq before examination by a pediatric ophthalmologist blinded to the screening results. Results...
In our cohort of 267 children with an average age of 6.3 years, the sensitivity of the blinq to detect amblyopia or any constant strabismus was 87.5% (78.2%-93.8%) and specificity was 51.3% (43.9%-58....
Our results support use of the blinq as a screening device to detect amblyopia and strabismus in children....
Clinic non-attendance rates are high across the African continent. Emerging evidence suggests that phone-based reminder messages could make a small but important contribution to reducing non-attendanc...
We will test a new theory-informed SMS and voice reminder message in a national school-based eye screening programme in Botswana. The control will be the standard SMS message used to remind parents/gu...
As far as we are aware, only one other study has used behavioural economics to inform the development of reminder messages to be deployed in an African healthcare setting. Our study will use an adapti...
ISRCTN 96528723 . Registered on 5 January 2022....
In 2012, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Department of Public Health partnered together to create the Chicago School-Based Vision Program (CSBVP). This ongoing, city-wide program provides schoo...
Descriptive analysis of the program operations from 2012 to 2020, including number of students served and exam findings during 2017-2020, as well as lessons learned and recommendations for reproducing...
During its first 8 years, the CSBVP provided eye examinations to over 350,000 students. During the years 2017-2020, this included 126,238 eye exams and provision of eyeglasses to 73,751 students....
The CSBVP is built upon strong community and school relationships. The program offers vision services, equitably, to all students across the district. The lessons learned through the implementation of...
To evaluate the Spot Vision Screener according to updated 2021 AAPOS Vision Screening Committee guidelines for instrument-based pediatric vision screen validation....
As part of an IRB-approved ongoing prospective study, children were screened with the Spot prior to a complete examination....
Spot screening was successful in 1,036 of 1,090 children (95%). Forty-eight percent of participants were referred for further screening using the Spot manufacturer guidelines, and 40% of all children ...
In our study population, the overall predictive ability of the Spot is good, with a sensitivity of 0.88 and a specificity of 0.78. We recommend specific device refractive referral criteria to maximize...
