1. In-home Accustat vision test: Equivalent results to in-office Snellen measurements.
- Author
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Charters, Lynda, Ianchulev, Sean, and Chen, Ernest P.
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VISION testing ,VISION disorders ,VISION ,RETINAL diseases ,VISUAL acuity ,TOOTH sensitivity - Abstract
This became increasingly palpableduring the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020when many patients with chronic eyeconditions such as age-related maculardegeneration, glaucoma and diabeticretinopathy did not have access tooffice-based examinations." Retina The COVID-19 pandemic brought anumber of different factors into sharpfocus for clinicians, an important onebeing the need to be able to followpatients with retinal diseases remotelyand accurately. The investigators commentedthat patients' ability to monitortheir retinal function using theAccustat test, "offers significantadvantages to extend the clinicalpractice outreach beyond the medicaloffice into the patients' homes. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2023