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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Protocol - Intervention

Screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school‐age children and adolescents

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

The primary objective of this review will be to compare the effect of vision screening to no screening in reducing the proportion of undetected, correctable, visual acuity deficits caused by refractive error in children and adolescents.
Sub‐ group analyses are planned if appropriate to determine the effect of the type of personnel conducting the testing i.e. teacher, nurse, or eye trained personnel, and the threshold applied for failure.
Secondary objectives are to report available evidence regarding the disability associated with living with an uncorrected visual acuity deficit and to document reports of the harms and costs associated with screening.