Risk Factors to Be Detected By Vision Screening

A consensus regarding the magnitude for each amblyopic risk factor has been established recently.  The Vision Screening Committee of the American Association of Pediatric Opthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) has published a policy statement that mandates those refractive errors that should be detected with preschool vision screening.  The factors listed in the table below represent an initial attempt at consensus by pediatric ophthalmologists and optometrists for those amblyopia-producing conditions that should be detected with preschool vision screening instruments.  However, it should be noted that further revisions that take into account child’s age, family history, and other factors need to occur in the future.