1. Practical community photoscreening in very young children
- Author
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Erin A. Boese, Bridget Zimmerman, Susannah Q. Longmuir, Wanda L. Pfeifer, William E. Scott, and Lori Short
- Subjects
Male ,Retrospective review ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Task force ,business.industry ,Significant difference ,MEDLINE ,Follow up studies ,Infant ,Retrospective cohort study ,Vision Screening ,Multicenter study ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine ,Photography ,Humans ,Female ,business ,Child ,Follow-Up Studies ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Recent US Preventive Services Task Force recommendations on vision screening reported insufficient data to recommend vision screening in children METHODS: A retrospective review of results from the Iowa KidSight database using the MTI PhotoScreener containing results of children screened between May 1, 2000, and April 30, 2011. RESULTS: During the 11 years of the study, 210 695 photoscreens on children were performed at 13 750 sites. In the CONCLUSIONS: No statistically significant difference was found in screening children from 1 to 3 years old compared with screening children >3 years old. These results confirm that early screening, before amblyopia is more pronounced, can reliably detect amblyogenic risk factors in children younger than 3 years of age, and we recommend initiation of photoscreening in children aged 1 year and older.
- Published
- 2013