Smartphone photoscreening for amblyopia in pediatric patients using the GoCheck Kids application had positive predictive value comparable with other commercial objective screeners.
Ten pediatricians in four practices used Nokia 1020 smartphones with single-axis Gobiquity software. The pediatricians completed 6,310 in-office screenings, resulting in a referral rate of 5%; 25% were referred for high anisometropia, 31% for hyperopia and 15% for myopia.
Of the 332 patients who did not pass the screening and were referred, 217 (65%) were followed up by the study authors.
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