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Parents' performance using the AAPOS Vision Screening App to test visual acuity in Malaysian preschoolers.
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Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus [J AAPOS] 2019 Oct; Vol. 23 (5), pp. 268.e1-268.e6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Sep 11. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Purpose: To evaluate parents' performance in using the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) Vision Screening App (application) as a vision screening tool among preschool children and to evaluate the reliability of this app.<br />Methods: A total of 195 5- and 6-year-old preschoolers were recruited from children attending Hospital Selayang, Selangor, Malaysia, to test the app. Uncooperative children and those with visual acuity of >logMAR 0.6 were excluded. Results from parents and the screening doctor using the app (Lea symbols) to test visual acuity were compared to each other and to gold standard vision testing by an optometrist using the Lea symbols chart.<br />Results: Children 5 years of age represented 46.7% of the study population. The mean age of parents was 37.27 ± 7.68 years. Bland-Altman scatterplot agreement between assessors mainly was within the 95% confidence interval for bilateral eyes screening. Parents obtained a sensitivity of 86.6% (right vision) and 79.5% (left vision) and specificity of 78.9% (right vision) and 71.8% (left vision). Parents took a mean of 191.2 ± 70.82 seconds for bilateral screening. The intraclass correlation coefficient between optometrist and parents in bilateral eyes screening was good (P < 0.001). Cronbach's α for all three assessors was >0.7, indicating high internal reliability of the app. Most parents (178/195 [91.3%]) strongly agreed on the app's acceptability and ease of use.<br />Conclusions: The AAPOS Vision Screening App used by parents is a promising tool for visual acuity screening among Malaysian preschool children and a reliable app for vision screening.<br /> (Copyright © 2019 American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Amblyopia diagnosis
Amblyopia ethnology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Malaysia epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Mobile Applications
Ophthalmology organization & administration
Reproducibility of Results
Societies, Medical organization & administration
Strabismus diagnosis
Strabismus ethnology
Asian People ethnology
Parents
Vision Screening instrumentation
Visual Acuity physiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1528-3933
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31520719
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2019.01.019