Re: Is screening for congenital colour vision deficiency in school students worthwhile?

Cole, Barry L

doi:10.1111/cxo.12229

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“…The CVD is documented to be risk factor for driving and accidents. [2] In our study, there was negative association of CVD to RTA and head injuries. Perhaps, these students are subconsciously extravigilant and more cautious in driving and thus could avoid risk of accidents.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…Since, to the best of our current knowledge, there is no cure and possibility of labeling a person with such defect as blind, screening is not justified for early detection of CVD. [2]…”

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confidence: 99%

“…[1] Abnormal color vision is nonprogressive and untreatable and therefore does not meet criteria for health screening. [2] In the UK, screening for CVD is an established practice with argument that those identified can be counseled without stigmatizing them and offer career guidance when they are to leave the schools and when they start driving. [3]…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence and determinants of color vision defects among preparatory university students at Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Khairoalsindi

Almasoudi

Bamahfouz

et al. 2019

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

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PURPOSE:To estimate the magnitude and determinants of color vision defects (CVD) among preparatory health science students.METHODS:A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2017. Participants were assessed using 24-plate Ishihara's Test of Color Vision chart. If ≤9 plates were read correctly, the color vision was regarded as deficient. The CVD prevalence and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. CVD was associated with gender, family history of CVD, and other vision problems.RESULTS:We evaluated 1126 students (552, 49% males; mean age: 18.7 ± 0.7 years). The prevalence of CVD was 1.77% (95% CI: 1.0, 2.6). Among male students, it was 3.5% (95% CI: 1.9, 5.0). Only one female student had CVD. The Duran CVD was found in 18 (1.6%) students. However, only two students had Tritan CVD. Three among twenty CVD students knew that they suffer from CVD. CVD was positively associated to a family history of CVD (odds ratio [OR] = 3.8; 95% CI: 1.4, 10.1;P = 0.02) and male gender (OR = 20.4 [95% CI: 2.7, 153]). CVD was not significantly associated to other vision problems (OR = 0.8 [95% CI: 0.3, 2.0]).CONCLUSION:Eighteen in thousand health sciences students suffered from CVD. Ten percent of them had Tritan CVD. Duran CVD seems to be a male sex-related and/or a familial condition. Most of the CVD students seem to have adopted to this defect and were not aware of suffering from it. Screening for CVD is therefore debatable.

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“…Since, to the best of our current knowledge, there is no cure and possibility of labeling a person with such defect as blind, screening is not justified for early detection of CVD. [2]…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence and determinants of color vision defects among preparatory university students at Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Khairoalsindi

Almasoudi

Bamahfouz

et al. 2019

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

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“…However, this article has received disagreement from other researchers. Based on personal experience with congenital colour vision defects, Cole (2015) agree to disagree with the conclusion made by the writer. He believes that pupils with CCVD do need to know about their condition before the end of their schooling.…”

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Behavioural and emotional issues among primary school pupils with congenital colour vision deficiency in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A case-control study

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Background: Congenital colour vision deficiency (CCVD) is an untreatable disorder which has lifelong consequences. Increasing use of colours in schools has raised concern for pupils with CCVD. This case-control study was conducted to compare behavioural and emotional issues among age, gender and class-matched pupils with CCVD and normal colour vision (NCV). Methods: A total of 1732 pupils from 10 primary schools in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur were screened, of which 46 pupils (45 males and 1 female) had CCVD. Mothers of male pupils with CCVD (n=44) and NCV (n=44) who gave consent were recruited to complete a self-administered parent report form, Child Behaviour Checklist for Ages 4-18 (CBCL/ 4-18) used to access behavioural and emotional problems. The CBCL/ 4-18 has three broad groupings: Internalising, Externalising and Total Behaviour Problems. Internalising Problems combines the Withdrawn, Somatic Complaints and Anxiety/ Depression sub constructs, while Externalising Problems combines the Delinquent and Aggressive Behaviour sub constructs. Results: Results from CBCL/ 4-18 showed that all pupils from both groups had scores within the normal range for all constructs. However, results from the statistical analysis for comparison, Mann-Whitney U test, showed that pupils with CCVD scored significantly higher for Externalising Problems (U=697.50, p=0.02) and Total Behaviour Problems (U=647.00, p= 0.01). Significantly higher scores were observed in Withdrawn (U=714.00, p=0.02), Thought Problems (U=438.50, p<0.001) and Aggressive Behaviour (U=738.00, p=0.04). Odds ratios, 95% CI, showed significant relative risk for high Total Behaviour Problem (OR:2.39 ,CI:1.0-5.7), Externalising Problems (OR:2.32, CI:1.0-5.5), Withdrawn (OR:2.67, CI:1.1-6.5), Thought Problems (OR:9.64, CI:3.6-26.1) and Aggressive Behaviour (OR:10.26, CI:3.4-31.0) scores among pupils with CCVD. Conclusion: Higher scores among CCVD pupils indicates that they present more behavioural and emotional problems compared to NCV pupils. Therefore, school vision screenings in Malaysia should also include colour vision to assist in the early clinical management of CCVD children.

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Re: Is screening for congenital colour vision deficiency in school students worthwhile?

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Prevalence and determinants of color vision defects among preparatory university students at Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Prevalence and determinants of color vision defects among preparatory university students at Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Behavioural and emotional issues among primary school pupils with congenital colour vision deficiency in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: A case-control study

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