Vision screening of Greenlandic children evaluating efficacy, coverage and future directions.
Vision screening coverage of Greenlandic schoolchildren rose from 2017 to 2022
Vision screening of Greenlandic children evaluating efficacy, coverage and future directions.
This thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of vision screening of children in Greenland, focusing on the efficacy of the current programme for six-year-old schoolchildren, the prevalence of vision impairment, amblyopia and refractive errors among six- and four-year-old children and the evaluation of a new screening method for preschool children.
more schoolchildren got their eyes checked
The thesis involved three populations: two groups of six-year-old children, one with 2493 children from 2017 to 2022 and another with 517 children in 2017, and one group of 274 four-year-old children, all born in 2017.
The prevalence of monocular amblyopia (≥0.3 logMAR) was 2% for both age groups, consistent with European and North American data.
The prevalence of vision impairment was steady throughout the study period at 3% for the six-year-old children.
They also had higher myopia rates compared to Danish and indigenous Canadian children.
Future research directions include assessing the quality of life of children with vision impairments, exploring the genetic and environmental determinants of myopia and leveraging technology to improve access to vision care for children in Greenland.