BACKGROUND While the aims of multicomponent screening of older people are broad, any benefit arising from the inclusion of a vision component in the assessment will necessarily be dependent on improving vision. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects on vision of mass screening of older people for visual impairment. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CE...

BACKGROUND Photoscreening and remote autorefraction showed promise in the urban "Vision in PreSchoolers Study." We transported a comparative screening with confirmation program to a remote part of interior Alaska. METHODS Eighty children from villages in the Koyukon region received onsite three-pronged vision screening followed by gold-standard confirmatory exams. Each had patched HOTV acuity...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between age at presentation of amblyopia and social deprivation before and after the introduction of changes to a vision screening service. DESIGN Two cohorts of children treated for amblyopia in 1983 and 1992. SETTING THe orthoptic department of Leicester Royal Infirmary. PARTICIPANTS The 209 patients treated for amblyopia who first attende...

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...