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Descriptor English: Vision Screening
Descriptor Spanish: Selección Visual
Descriptor cribado visual
Scope note: Aplicación de pruebas y exploraciones para identificar defectos visuales o trastornos de la vista que ocurren en poblaciones específicas, como escolares, ancianos, etc. Se diferencia de las PRUEBAS VISUALES, en que éstas se aplican para evaluar o medir la visión individual, no relacionada con una población específica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Seleção Visual
Descriptor French: Dépistage visuel
Entry term(s): Screening, Vision
Screenings, Vision
Vision Screenings
Tree number(s): E01.370.380.850.900
E05.318.308.980.438.580.925
N05.715.360.300.800.438.500.825
N06.850.520.308.980.438.580.925
N06.850.780.500.950
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015351
Scope note: Application of tests and examinations to identify visual defects or vision disorders occurring in specific populations, as in school children, the elderly, etc. It is differentiated from VISION TESTS, which are given to evaluate/measure individual visual performance not related to a specific population.
Annotation: on an epidemiol or population level: do not confuse with VISION TESTS on a personal level; coord with disease /diag or /epidemiol or /prev
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
OG organization & administration
PX psychology
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Mass Screening (1966-1988)
Vision Tests (1966-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 89
History Note: 89
DeCS ID: 27900
Unique ID: D015351
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/06/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/03
Vision Screening - Preferred
Concept UI M0023636
Scope note Application of tests and examinations to identify visual defects or vision disorders occurring in specific populations, as in school children, the elderly, etc. It is differentiated from VISION TESTS, which are given to evaluate/measure individual visual performance not related to a specific population.
Preferred term Vision Screening
Entry term(s) Screening, Vision
Screenings, Vision
Vision Screenings



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