Do optometrists screen for glaucoma? Export

@article{citeulike:3203661, abstract = {A survey of optometrists practising in Nottingham was undertaken to identify their methods of screening for glaucoma in the community. There was found to be great variation in all parameters examined including referral criteria. Although all of the respondents screened for glaucoma, 50\% appeared not to be aware of subtle optic disc signs of the disease, 8\% never measured intra-ocular pressures and 19\% never performed visual field analysis. In a general practice population age 50 and over, 73\% of patients had visited their optician within the last two years, 67\% knew glaucoma was an eye disease, but only 15\% remembered being screened for glaucoma.}, address = {Academic Unit in Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Nottingham.}, author = {Vernon, S. A. and Henry, D. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {3203661}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2630356}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=2630356}, issn = {0950-222X}, journal = {Eye (London, England)}, keywords = {glaucoma, referrals}, pages = {743--746}, posted-at = {2008-09-07 22:27:36}, priority = {2}, title = {Do optometrists screen for glaucoma?}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2630356}, volume = {3 ( Pt 6)}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3203661 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3203661 N2 - A survey of optometrists practising in Nottingham was undertaken to identify their methods of screening for glaucoma in the community. There was found to be great variation in all parameters examined including referral criteria. Although all of the respondents screened for glaucoma, 50% appeared not to be aware of subtle optic disc signs of the disease, 8% never measured intra-ocular pressures and 19% never performed visual field analysis. In a general practice population age 50 and over, 73% of patients had visited their optician within the last two years, 67% knew glaucoma was an eye disease, but only 15% remembered being screened for glaucoma. JF - Eye (London, England) SN - 0950-222X AD - Academic Unit in Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Nottingham. EP - 746 TI - Do optometrists screen for glaucoma? VL - 3 ( Pt 6) SP - 743 KW - glaucoma KW - referrals AU - Vernon, SA AU - Henry, DJ PY - 1989/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2630356 ER -