PMID: 2507064Aug 26, 1989Paper

Vision screening at 8 and 18 months. Steering Committee of Oxford Region Child Development Project

BMJ : British Medical Journal
A JohnsonC Wortham

Abstract

To determine the effectiveness of an existing screening programme based in the community for ocular and vision defects in infants considered at increased risk of such defects. Children with ocular or vision defect by the age of 2 were ascertained by searching records. Those from populations at high risk were matched with their results from screening tests. The characteristics of the cases among this population were compared with those of the cases in the remainder of the population. Patterns of referral and age at referral were studied in both groups. The study was conducted within Oxfordshire Health District. 433 Children at high risk born in 1984 to mothers living in the health district at delivery and who either weighed less than 2000 g or weighed 2000 g and over and required admission to a special care nursery for longer than 24 hours. The low risk population (6254) were infants without these characteristics who were resident in the health district at the time of referral. Screening tests for vision or ocular defects already routinely used were applied by health visitors at 8 and 18 months to the children at high risk. Comparison of results of screening tests with vision and ocular defects detected by the age of 2. Screenin...Continue Reading

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