Web-based visual acuity testing for children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate a newly developed, web-based system for at-home pediatric visual acuity testing and to compare results with standard in-office visual acuity test results.

Methods

Children aged 3-12 years with and without visual deficits were enrolled (N = 65; 130 eyes). Monocular visual acuity was tested in-office using the ATS-HOTV (ages 3-6) or E-ETDRS (ages 7-12) protocol. Each child's family was emailed a link to a web-based version of the same visual acuity test for at-home testing. Equivalence was evaluated by using a linear mixed model to estimate the mean difference between in-office and at-home visual acuity test results and the corresponding two-sided 95% confidence interval.

Results

For children tested with the ATS-HOTV protocol, the mean difference bet

SUBMITTER: Birch EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature