Children referred from school vision screening.
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Evaluation 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...
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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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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.298.6687.1581