Can vision screening in Dutch Youth Health Care (YHC) be improved by adding an autorefraction test:
a feasibility study
report
Main results of this report have been published open access in European Journal of Public health, see: • Abstract:
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa098/5902151
• Article (free access):
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa098/5902151?guestAccessKey=7a2e1baf-7d39-4dd2-96ca-9dcc1a1431ee
Note: re-analysis of the data after production of this report showed that 2 children aged 5/6 years were erroneously diagnosed with amblyopia. The publication in European Journal of Public health is based on corrected data. The correction did not affect the conclusions of the study.
Aim of this research project is to establish whether the current Dutch vision screening in children aged 3-6 years old in Child Health Care (CHC) can be improved by using an autorefractive device, with regard to screening performance and costs. In this study, the effectiveness and costs of the current Dutch vision screening was compared to screening with an autorefractive device in a large sample of 2144 children aged 3-6 years visiting CHC in The Hague, the Netherlands. We also assessed the feasibility and acceptability of using an autorefractive device in daily YHC practice.
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa098/5902151
• Article (free access):
https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa098/5902151?guestAccessKey=7a2e1baf-7d39-4dd2-96ca-9dcc1a1431ee
Note: re-analysis of the data after production of this report showed that 2 children aged 5/6 years were erroneously diagnosed with amblyopia. The publication in European Journal of Public health is based on corrected data. The correction did not affect the conclusions of the study.
Aim of this research project is to establish whether the current Dutch vision screening in children aged 3-6 years old in Child Health Care (CHC) can be improved by using an autorefractive device, with regard to screening performance and costs. In this study, the effectiveness and costs of the current Dutch vision screening was compared to screening with an autorefractive device in a large sample of 2144 children aged 3-6 years visiting CHC in The Hague, the Netherlands. We also assessed the feasibility and acceptability of using an autorefractive device in daily YHC practice.
TNO Identifier
882955
Publisher
TNO
Collation
59 p.
Place of publication
Leiden