title: Vision testing in schools: an evaluation of personnel, tests, and premises.
abstract: This study compared the results of vision screening of 5 year olds in schools by school nurses and an orthoptist, compared two tests, and examined testing conditions. The specificity of nurse testing was 95% and the sensitivity 83%. No conclusions about the tests could be made owing to the small numbers in this part of the study, but some children, after nearly one year at school, could not match a line of four letters required for the more accurate test. Only 13 of 22 schools had suitable testing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Community Child Health Service, Yorkhill NHS Trust, Possilpark Health Centre, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Spowart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simmers
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tappin
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D009907:Optometry; D012573:School Nursing; D012574:Schools; D006113:United Kingdom; D015351:Vision Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014787:Vision Tests