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- Title
Impact of a Vision Photoscreener in Very Young Children in an Inner-City Pediatric Clinic in Detroit.
- Authors
Shah, Riya; Hassan, Nimra; Harris, Susan
- Abstract
Pediatric vision screening is important because approximately 80% of visual impairments, including amblyopia, can be prevented or cured, especially if caught early. This retrospective study aims to determine whether the implementation of a machine photoscreener improves vision outcomes in 1- to 4-year-old children in an urban clinic. Before the vision screener, 91 patients were seen (control group), while 205 were seen following its implementation (study group). The number of children screened increased by 27.4% after implementing the photoscreener (57.1% study, 29.7% control, P <.001). All patients who failed the screening, 14.6% in the study period, were referred to ophthalmology (n = 30); 40% (n = 12) were evaluated, and 9 were diagnosed with a true vision abnormality. Instrument vision screening allows children as young as 1 year to be screened and allows for early intervention for potential vision-threatening pathologies in a vulnerable urban population.
- Subjects
MICHIGAN; HUMAN services programs; RESEARCH funding; VISION disorders; PATIENT safety; VISION testing; QUESTIONNAIRES; CHILDREN'S hospitals; EVALUATION of medical care; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PEDIATRICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; EARLY intervention (Education); METROPOLITAN areas; MEDICAL records; ACQUISITION of data; AMBLYOPIA; CHILDREN
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 2024, Vol 63, Issue 5, p625
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00099228231191950