title: [The value of glaucoma screening (author's transl)].
abstract: During screening procedures in Nordrhein-Westfalen in 1976 more than 100,000 persons had their, i.o. pressure measured for the first time. The results are now available from 66,957 subjects. From these 59,037 had a normal i.o. pressure, 6.941 had raised i.o. pressure, and in 979 subjects the i.o. pressure was very high. This was the first time that screening procedures on a large scale were carried out exclusively with the applanation tonometer. This procedure was carried out as part of a campaign to make the illness of glaucoma better known to the public.
mesh_terms: D005860:Germany, West; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*
vernacular_title: Wert und Sinn von Glaukomfilteruntersuchungen.