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Evaluation of Vision Screening Practices of Illinois Pediatricians

John F. Marcinak

Division of General and Emergency Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sharon C. Werntz Yount

Division of General and Emergency Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago

A survey of vision screening practices of American Academy of Pediatrics physicians in Illinois is described. The response rate was 42%. Sixty percent of physicians tested visual acuity of children 5 years and older, and half of this group tested children 2 to 4 years old. The most common reasons for not testing visual acuity were inadequate time (42%), children too young (18%), or screening done at school (18%). The majority (88%) refer to an ophthalmologist after a single vision screening failure, while about half perform the cover-uncover test on infants and children. The results suggest many Illinois pediatricians do not perform vision screening of preschool children, though screening does occur at other sites.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 34, No. 7, 353-357 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/000992289503400703
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