Comparative Evaluation of the ETDRS Visual Acuity Chart and Arclight Cloth Chart (ARCchart) for Primary Eye Care in Resource-Limited Settings

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https://doi.org/10.15626/sjovs.v16i2.3923

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Visual acuity, Low vision, screening

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This study compared the Arclight Cloth Chart (ARCchart) to the gold standard ETDRS chart for visual acuity (VA) measurement in 63 participants. Despite its potential limitations as a tool to measure subtle changes in VA over time, the ARCchart showed a limit of agreement between -0.23logMAR and 0.26logMAR with ETDRS values. It demonstrated 93% (95% Confidence Interval 86% to 100%) sensitivity and 90% (84% to 97%) specificity when used to screen for vision worse than 0.20logMAR. This low-cost, portable cloth VA chart is a valuable alternative for measuring VA and screening for low vision in resource poor settings.

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2023-12-27

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Jaffray, C., Strang, N., Kousha, O., Galloway, G., Sweeney, L., & Blaikie, A. (2023). Comparative Evaluation of the ETDRS Visual Acuity Chart and Arclight Cloth Chart (ARCchart) for Primary Eye Care in Resource-Limited Settings. Scandinavian Journal of Optometry and Visual Science, 16(2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.15626/sjovs.v16i2.3923

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