Daniel Osborne, Aimee Steele, Megan Evans, Helen Ellis, Roshni Pancholi, Tomos Harding, Jessica Dee, Rachel Leary, Jeremy Bradshaw, Elizabeth O'Flynn, Jay E Self
BACKGROUND: Home visual acuity tests could ease pressure on ophthalmic services by facilitating remote review of patients. Home tests may have further utility in giving service users frequent updates of vision outcomes during therapy, identifying vision problems in an asymptomatic population, and engaging stakeholders in therapy. METHODS: Children attending outpatient clinics had visual acuity measured 3 times at the same appointment: Once by a registered orthoptist per clinical protocols, once by an orthoptist using a tablet-based visual acuity test (iSight Test Pro, Kay Pictures), and once by an unsupervised parent/carer using the tablet-based test...
June 16, 2023: Eye