Screening for myopia and refractive errors using logMAR visual acuity by optometrists and a simplified visual acuity chart by nurses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 684-691

  Tong, Louis ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^c   Chan, Edwin Shih Yen ^d   Yap, Mabel ^c,e   Lee, Heow Yong ^e   Kwang, Yoke Pin ^d   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Human; Myopia; Refractive errors; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EARLY TREATMENT DIABETIC RETINOPATHY STUDY (ETDRS); SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; BAILEY LOVIE CHART; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOGARITHM OF THE MINIMUM ANGLE OF RESOLUTION; LOGMAR VISUAL ACUITY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; NURSE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTION ERROR; ROC CURVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLIFIED VISUAL ACUITY CHART TEST; SINGAPORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; NURSES; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4544303782     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000144747.88341.b2     Document Type: Article

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