Open AccessVisual Profile of Children who Passed or Failed the UK School Vision Screening Protocol
Author(s) -
Sara J McCullough,
Kathryn Saunders
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
british and irish orthoptic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2516-3590
pISSN - 1743-9868
DOI - 10.22599/bioj.121
Subject(s) - anisometropia , refractive error , strabismus , visual acuity , optometry , medicine , astigmatism , ophthalmology , monocular , vision disorder , optics , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics
We applied the National Screening Committee vision screening protocol [pass criterion monocular acuity ≤ 0.2 LogMAR in both eyes(BE)] to children four to five years old to investigate the visual profile of children who passed/failed. Previous studies have only evaluated those failing. The aim was to derive false positive and negative values, specificity/sensitivity of the vision screening protocol for detecting significant visual defects (strabismus and/or significant refractive error) and the utility of a 'plus blur test' in identifying hyperopia.