"Vision Screening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Application of tests and examinations to identify visual defects or vision disorders occurring in specific populations, as in school children, the elderly, etc. It is differentiated from VISION TESTS, which are given to evaluate/measure individual visual performance not related to a specific population.
Descriptor ID |
D015351
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MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.380.850.900 E05.318.308.980.438.580.925 N05.715.360.300.800.438.500.825 N06.850.520.308.980.438.580.925 N06.850.780.500.950
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Concept/Terms |
Vision Screening- Vision Screening
- Screening, Vision
- Screenings, Vision
- Vision Screenings
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2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vision Screening" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 safety guidelines for school eye health screening programs. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Sep; 69(9):2511-2515.
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Vision screening in New Zealand: an audit of the B4 School Check. N Z Med J. 2019 03 08; 132(1491):63-70.
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Commentary: Should we restrict vision screening in primary school children? Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 08; 66(8):1224.
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Pediatric eye screening - Why, when, and how. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 07; 66(7):889-892.
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Guidelines on Diabetic Eye Care: The International Council of Ophthalmology Recommendations for Screening, Follow-up, Referral, and Treatment Based on Resource Settings. Ophthalmology. 2018 10; 125(10):1608-1622.
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The Tribal Odisha Eye Disease Study (TOES) 1: prevalence and causes of visual impairment among tribal children in an urban school in Eastern India. J AAPOS. 2018 04; 22(2):145.e1-145.e6.
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Diabetes Care and Dementia Among Older Adults: A Nationwide 3-Year Longitudinal Study. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 07; 19(7):601-606.e2.
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Agreement and diagnostic accuracy of vision screening in children by teachers, community eye-health workers and vision technicians. Clin Exp Optom. 2018 07; 101(4):553-559.