1. Measures of visual function in minimum datasets
- Author
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Jugnoo S Rahi and David Taylor
- Subjects
genetic structures ,Blindness ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Follow up studies ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Partial Sight ,Severe visual impairment ,Visual function ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,medicine ,Optometry ,Vision test ,business - Abstract
Editor—We strongly support Johnson’s recommendation for a standard minimum dataset for follow up studies,1 which includes information on visual function. There are very limited data available on the incidence of severe visual impairment and blindness among children in the UK. Estimates have often been based on the national registers of partial sight and blindness. However, these have documented limitations in …
- Published
- 1998