Vision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents

Evans, Jennifer R; Morjaria, Priya; Powell, Christine

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“…All children included in the study were evaluated by assessment of visual acuity by Snellen chart and for the presence of signs and symptoms of AC …”

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Allergy screening in a schoolchildren‐based population

Sacchetti

Règine²,

Mantelli

et al. 2019

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

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Background Schoolchildren screening for allergic diseases may improve early identification and management of atopic children. The aim of this study was to perform a schoolchildren screening program for identification of children with allergic diseases. Methods All parents of children attending to 13 primary schools in the city of Rome were requested to fill in a demographic data form and the ChAt questionnaire. Allergological evaluation was performed in the children with suspect of allergy (ChAt score > 2). Ocular examination was performed to identify signs of allergic conjunctivitis. The presence of allergic symptoms was related to demographic and environmental variables. Results A total of 2667 children (mean age: 7.1 ± 1 years) were included, and 2489 (93.3%) parents completed the ChAt questionnaire. Results of ChAt questionnaire showed a previous diagnosis of allergic disease in 637 (25.6%) children and the potential presence of an allergic disease (ChAt score > 2) in 35.1%. Multivariate analysis showed that older age, male gender, and having less than two siblings were associated with higher risk of allergic disease. Visual screening showed the presence of clinical signs of allergic conjunctivitis in 2% of children. Allergologic evaluation in 334 children confirmed the diagnosis of allergic disease in 324 (97%) cases. Among them, 97 (29.9%) did not refer to a previous formal diagnosis of allergic condition. Conclusions This study confirmed that schoolchildren screening using ChAt questionnaire could represent a useful tool for early identification of yet undiagnosed atopic children.

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“…All children included in the study were evaluated by assessment of visual acuity by Snellen chart and for the presence of signs and symptoms of AC …”

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“…All children included in the study were evaluated by assessment of visual acuity by Snellen chart and for the presence of signs and symptoms of AC. 15 All the parents of children who participated in the allergologic and visual acuity screening were invited to a meeting with ophthalmolo-…”

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Allergy screening in a schoolchildren‐based population

Sacchetti

Règine²,

Mantelli

et al. 2019

Pediatric Allergy Immunology

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“…The full list of the specific 8 173 reasons for exclusion of full texts is available in S3 Appendix. Figure 1 used meta-analysis to combine results [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28], whereas the remaining nine SRs narratively 182 synthesized results [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. Eleven SRs included studies located in countries with high-183 income or upper-middle income economies only [19,20,[23][24][25][29][30][31][32][33]37,38,39].…”

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“…Eleven SRs included studies located in countries with high-183 income or upper-middle income economies only [19,20,[23][24][25][29][30][31][32][33]37,38,39]. Six SRs 184 included at least one study from countries with lower-middle income or lower income 185 economies [18,21,22,28,35,36]. The final three SRs either did not state the locations of 186 included studies [27,34] or provided regions rather than specific country locations [26].…”

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“…In four SRs, 100% of included studies fulfilled all inclusion criteria 189 [18,27,29,33], although Brendel and colleagues [29] only included one study in total. In 190 another four SRs, 75% to 99% of included studies fulfilled all the inclusion criteria 191 [21,26,30,37]. In the remaining twelve SRs, 50% to 74% of included studies fulfilled all the 192 inclusion criteria [19,20,[22][23][24][25]28,31,32,[34][35][36].…”

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Investigating the effectiveness of school health services delivered by a health provider: a systematic review of systematic reviews

Levinson

Kohl

Baltag

et al. 2019

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24Schools are the only institution regularly reaching the majority of school-age children 25 and adolescents across the globe. Although at least 102 countries have school health services, 26 there is no rigorous, evidence-based guidance on which school health services are effective 27 42 3 48 healthy setting for living, learning and working" [1]. In 2000, WHO, the United Nations 49 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Children's 50 Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank developed a partnership for Focusing Resources on 51 Effective School Health -a FRESH Start approach [2]. The FRESH framework promotes 52 four pillars: health-related school policies, provision of safe water and sanitation, skills-based 53 health education and school-based health and nutrition services [2]. While various guidance 54 documents have been published by United Nations (UN) organizations addressing a range of 55 services from oral health to malaria [3-7], there is no internationally accepted guideline 56 regarding school health services. This systematic review of systematic reviews, henceforth 57 referred to as an overview, will inform the upcoming development of a WHO guideline that 58 addresses one pillar of the FRESH framework: school health services delivered by a health 59 provider. 60 Schools offer a unique platform for health care delivery. In 2015, the global means for 61 the primary and secondary net school enrollment rates were 90% and 65%, respectively, thus 62 the potential reach of school health services is wide [8]. Additionally, a recent review found 63 that school-based or school-linked health services already exist in at least 102 countries [9]. 64 The 2017 Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!) 65 implementation guidance calls for the prioritization of school health programs as an 66 important step towards universal health coverage and urges that "Every school should be a 67 health promoting school" [10]. 68 The primary objective of this overview was to explore the effectiveness of school-69 based or school-linked health services delivered by a health provider for improving the health 70 of school-age children and adolescents. Through a comprehensive literature search, the 71 overview aimed to identify health areas and specific school health service interventions that 72 have at least some evidence of effectiveness. It was also designed to suggest further research 4 73 in areas where recent systematic reviews (SRs) exist, but with insufficient evidence. Finally, 74 the overview aimed to identify the health areas and specific school health services 75 interventions for which no SRs were found, whether because the primary literature does not 76 exist or where there are primary studies but no SR has been conducted. 77 METHODS 78This overview was conducted using the preferred reporting items for systematic 79 reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) [11]. A protocol was developed a priori that outlined 80 the overview objectives, aims, operational definitions, search ...

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Establishing Prescribing Guidelines in School-Based Eye Health Programs in Children Aged 11 to 15 Years—The Conundrum of Cost vs Benefit

Manh

2019

JAMA Ophthalmol

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Vision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents

Abstract: Vision screening for correctable visual acuity deficits in school-age children and adolescents.

Cited by 55 publications

References 51 publications

Allergy screening in a schoolchildren‐based population

Allergy screening in a schoolchildren‐based population

Investigating the effectiveness of school health services delivered by a health provider: a systematic review of systematic reviews

Establishing Prescribing Guidelines in School-Based Eye Health Programs in Children Aged 11 to 15 Years—The Conundrum of Cost vs Benefit

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