[
    {
        "id": "osp-12468",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Sensitivity and specificity of teachers for vision screening among primary school children in South India",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Muralidhar",
                "given": "R"
            },
            {
                "family": "Vijayalakshmi",
                "given": "P"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/sensitivity-and-specificity-of-teachers-for-vision-screening-among-primary-school-children-in-south-india",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2019
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Oman Journal of Ophthalmology",
        "volume": "12",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "88-93",
        "DOI": "10.4103/ojo.ojo_55_2016",
        "publisher": "Medknow Publications",
        "ISSN": "0974-620X",
        "abstract": "Aims: This study aims to determine the sensitivity and specificity of vision screening by school teachers among primary school children.\n\nSettings and design: Prospective nonrandomized clinical trial.\n\nSubjects and methods: The study was carried in primary school children of Madurai, Tamil Nadu from April 2007 to October 2007. Sixty-five primary school teachers from 57 schools around Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, underwent a half-day training programme at the hospital. Each teacher on return to the school screened around a hundred children using the tumbling E. All screened children were subsequently screened by a team from the hospital. The optometrists used tumbling E (Snellen's 20/30 and Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) 20/32) to check the vision of all children. Any child complaining of defective vision or noted to have defective vision on screening underwent a comprehensive ophthalmic evaluation. The sensitivity and specificity of teacher screening was assessed based on the data obtained.\n\nResults: Screening was completed for 5150 children. The prevalence of vision"
    }
]