ArticleBMC ophthalmology2019
Objective vision screening using PlusoptiX for children aged 3-11 years in rural Turkey.
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- The Global Prevalence of Amblyopia in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Undiagnosed visual disorders among first-grade children in Türkiye: a school-based photoscreening cross-sectional study with cost analysis.BMC ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Prevalence of visual impairment and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional community-based study among children and adolescents in Ghana.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Visual profiling and vision screening of preschool children in Greenland.International journal of circumpolar health · 2025Article
- Instrument-Based Screening for the Detection of Amblyopia and Amblyopia Risk Factors: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.Ophthalmology · 2025Review
- Prevalence and patterns of subnormal visual acuity and refractive errors among preschool children in Sucheng district: a cross-sectional study.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Validation of the PlusOptix S12C for detecting amblyopia risk factors in a tertiary care young paediatric population.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2025Observational
- Referral rate for refractive amblyopia using automated vision screening in school children in Beirut, Lebanon.PloS one · 2025Article
- Automated screening devices for vision screening in preschool children: A comparison of the PlusoptiX S12C photoscreener and retinomax K+3 autorefractor.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2022Article
- The UCI EyeMobile Preschool Vision Screening Program: Refractive Error and Amblyopia Results from the 2019-2020 School Year.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Article
- 2020 Evaluation of Portable Vision Screening Instruments.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2021Article
- Comparison between Plusoptix A09 and gold standard cycloplegic refraction in preschool children and agreement to detect refractive amblyogenic risk factors.Oman journal of ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis population based cross sectional study was conducted to detect amblyopia risk factors and myopia in a rural district of Northwestern Turkey by using PlusoptiX S12R (Photoscreener PlusoptiX Inc., Nuremberg, Germany).
methodsChildren from 38 rural schools in Caycuma district of Zonguldak Turkey underwent vision screening in their school using PlusoptiX S12 photoscreener. Data were analyzed using the factory default level 5 referral criteria targeting 80% sensitivity and 95% specificity. Referral, unable readings, and positive predictive value (PPV) were reported.
resultsData from 2846 children were analyzed. Mean age was 7.9 years (±0.8) (range 36 months to 11 years). Three hundred ten (11%) were referred of whom 32% were read as 'unable'. 150 children (48% of the referred) received a gold standard examination. Positive predictive value of PlusoptiX was 69%. PPV was 83% when unable readings were excluded. 93 children with amblyopia risk factors were identified. Only 26% (n = 25) had received glasses priorly. 49 children had amblyopia of whom 33 were newly diagnosed.
conclusionsPlusoptiX showed a reasonable level of positive predictive value in community setting and the device could be a useful tool for vision screening in preschoolers and schoolers. We found most of the amblyogenic refractive errors were underdiagnosed in rural school children leading to a call for action on vision screening.
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