title: Visual screening via television.
abstract: Using a test developed in 1977, visual screening via television is now beginning to be carried out on a large scale. The test consists of two parts, a visual acuity test and a visual field test using a modification of the multiple pattern method of Harrington and Flocks. It has been useful and has been well received by the public. A great advantage of the testing method is that many thousands of people can be simultaneously screened in a 10-minute period. The accuracy of the test is discussed. The videotape program is now available for broadcast from the National Society to Prevent Blindness, Inc.
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation; D013690:Television; D014481:United States; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields