Semi-automated screening reveals patients with glaucoma-induced blindness missing out on social support: a cross-sectional study of certificate of visual impairment allocation
A semi-automated algorithm can be used to screen large numbers of patients for CVI eligibility due to blindness. Many eligible patients are not registered, with risk factors including frailty, comorbidity and reversible causes of visual impairment. This algorithm could be used to prompt ophthalmologists to consider registration or used as an alternative referral mechanism. Screening for CVI-eligible patients with an objective algorithm may ameliorate the inequity associated with subjective and variable decision-making.
Authors
- Haider Butt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2434-9525)
- Anamika Tandon
- Arun James Thirunavukarasu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8968-4768)
- Rupert Bourne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8169-1645)
- Rohan Sanghera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6370-8426)
- Genrokuro NISHIMURA
- Nikhil Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2503-3306)
- Helmut C Y Yu
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Anglia Ruskin University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2024-326745
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.12