Agreement between ophthalmologists and optometrists in the certification of vision impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The certification process to register patients as sight impaired or severely sight impaired is undertaken by consultant ophthalmologists, in the UK. We sought to assess the agreement between optometrists and a consensus panel, in identifying patient eligibility for certification, relative to the agreement between ophthalmologists and the consensus panel.

Methods

The consensus panel (4 consultant ophthalmologists and 3 optometrists with a formal accreditation in low vision), 30 consultant ophthalmologists and 99 low vision optometrists reviewed 40 randomly selected abridged cases. The eligibility outcomes from the ophthalmologists and the optometrists were compared with the consensus panel outcomes.

Results

For ophthalmologists and optometrists, t

SUBMITTER: Bartlett R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8027788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature