ArticleNPJ digital medicine2019
eHealth tools for the self-testing of visual acuity: a scoping review.
Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT06076785 (Impact of ODYSight in the Management of patientS With imparairEd Visual acuitY), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Impact of ODYSight in the Management of patientS With imparairEd Visual acuitY (ODYSSEY).
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Clinical Validation of Apollo™, A Novel Web-Based Tool for Refractive Error Self-Assessment.Journal of medical systems · 2026Article
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- Real world data on digital remote refraction in a healthy population of 14,680 eyes.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
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- Home vision monitoring in patients with maculopathy: current and future options for digital technologies.Eye (London, England) · 2023Review
- The Accuracy of a Web-Based Visual Acuity Self-assessment Tool Performed Independently by Eye Care Patients at Home: Method Comparison Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- A systematic review of reading tests.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Review
- Development and Validation of a Digital (Peek) Near Visual Acuity Test for Clinical Practice, Community-Based Survey, and Research.Translational vision science & technology · 2022Article
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- A Smartphone-Based Near-Vision Testing System: Design, Accuracy, and Reproducibility Compared With Standard Clinical Measures.Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina · 2022Article
- Digital Tools for the Self-Assessment of Visual Acuity: A Systematic Review.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2021Review
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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7 authors.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Uncorrected refractive error is a major cause of vision impairment, and is indexed by visual acuity. Availability of vision assessment is limited in low/middle-income countries and in minority groups in high income countries. eHealth tools offer a solution; two-thirds of the globe own mobile devices. This is a scoping review of the number and quality of tools for self-testing visual acuity. Software applications intended for professional clinical use were excluded. Keyword searches were conducted on Google online, Google Play and iOS store. The first 100 hits in each search were screened against inclusion criteria. After screening, 42 tools were reviewed. Tools assessed near and distance vision. About half (
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