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Telemedicine for screening eye disease in the remote Peruvian Amazon: proof-of-concept.

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dc.contributor.author Nesemann, John M.
dc.contributor.author Muñoz, Marleny
dc.contributor.author Talero, Sandra L.
dc.contributor.author Honorio-Morales, Harvy A.
dc.contributor.author Lescano Guevara, Andres Guillermo
dc.contributor.author Keenan, Jeremy D.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-02-01T21:18:28Z
dc.date.available 2022-02-01T21:18:28Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11307
dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND: Improvements in technology could facilitate task-shifting and ocular disease screening in rural areas. METHODS: Visual acuity (VA) was tested using a Ministry of Health 3-m VA card. Anterior segment photographs were taken using a three-dimensional printed cellphone attachment and remotely graded. RESULTS: Of 326 photographed eyes, 1 was ungradable. Of 123 eyes with non-refractive visual impairment, cataract was identified in 35.8%, pterygium in 41.5%, corneal opacity in 5.7% and phthisis in 2.4%. CONCLUSIONS: While the cause of visual impairment cannot be determined without a posterior segment examination, the smartphone attachment proved to be easy to use by non-specialist workers and identified anterior segment pathology in most cases en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Oxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject screening en_US
dc.subject telemedicine en_US
dc.subject remote, resource-limited areas en_US
dc.subject smartphone attachment en_US
dc.title Telemedicine for screening eye disease in the remote Peruvian Amazon: proof-of-concept. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trab175
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1878-3503


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