Community visual field screening: prevalence of follow-up and factors associated with follow-up of participants with abnormal frequency doubling perimetry technology results.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if a community screening with Frequency Doubling Technology perimetry (FDT) results in a high proportion of follow-up with an eye care provider and the factors associated with follow-up.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Telephone survey


METHODS
We conducted a telephone survey of participants with abnormal results 3-6 months after the community screening.


RESULTS
We were able to interview 121 participants (57% of 212 eligible subjects). Sixty-nine percent (83 of 121) of participants visited an eye care provider after the screening. Patients were more likely to attain an eye exam if they were female, older, or had an educational level of high school or more (p<0.05). Of those participants who did not visit an eye care provider, 41% (18/38) did not believe the results of the test, 21% (8/38) reported not having insurance or an eye care provider, 11% (4/38) did not have time for an eye exam, and 11% (4/38) reported not knowing they needed to see an eye care provider.


CONCLUSIONS
A community screening program with FDT encouraged more than two thirds of participants with abnormal results to seek an eye exam. The most common reason not to attain an eye exam was failing to recognize the importance of an abnormal test result.
Mansberger
Steven L
SL
Devers Eye Institute/Discoveries in Sight, Portland, Oregon 97210, USA. smansberger@discoveriesinsight.org
Edmunds
Beth
B
Johnson
Chris A
CA
Kent
Kyle J
KJ
Cioffi
George A
GA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006302:Health Services Research; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015351:Vision Screening; D058609:Visual Field Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014794:Visual Fields