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- Title
Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement.
- Authors
Siu, Albert L.; Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten; Grossman, David C.; Baumann, Linda Ciofu; Davidson, Karina W.; Ebell, Mark; García, Francisco A. R.; Gillman, Matthew; Herzstein, Jessica; Kemper, Alex R.; Krist, Alex H.; Kurth, Ann E.; Owens, Douglas K.; Phillips, William R.; Phipps, Maureen G.; Pignone, Michael P.; US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)
- Abstract
<bold>Description: </bold>Update of the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for impaired visual acuity in older adults.<bold>Methods: </bold>The USPSTF reviewed the evidence on screening for visual acuity impairment associated with uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, and age-related macular degeneration among adults 65 years or older in the primary care setting; the benefits and harms of screening; the accuracy of screening; and the benefits and harms of treatment of early vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, and age-related macular degeneration.<bold>Population: </bold>This recommendation applies to asymptomatic adults 65 years or older who do not present to their primary care clinician with vision problems.<bold>Recommendation: </bold>The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for impaired visual acuity in older adults. (I statement).
- Subjects
TREATMENT of vision disorders; CATARACT; REFRACTIVE errors; POLICY sciences; RETINAL degeneration; RISK assessment; VISION testing; EARLY diagnosis; VISION disorders; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2016, Vol 315, Issue 9, p908
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2016.0763