An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor
A cross-sectional study on a household member aged 40 years and abov~ from households of 5 randomly sampled villages in Beranang, Hulu Langat Selangor between August 2000 to December 2000 was carried out to determine the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in performing visual acuity...
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Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2002
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| author | Hidayah NI, Che Muhaya M, Hanizah Y, Radziah AL, Rozila Y, Nasroum MN, Azizah O, |
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| description | A cross-sectional study on a household member aged 40 years and abov~ from households of 5 randomly sampled villages in Beranang, Hulu Langat Selangor between August 2000 to December 2000 was carried out to determine the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in performing visual acuity screening as well as the prevalence of visual disabilities. It was found that the sensitivity and specificity of visual acuity screened by volunteers was 92.9% and 97.5% respectively when compared with health personnel. The prevelance oflow vision was 21.5% with the majority (55.4%) of those with low vison having cataracts. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:44082016-12-14T06:35:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4408/ An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor Hidayah NI, Che Muhaya M, Hanizah Y, Radziah AL, Rozila Y, Nasroum MN, Azizah O, A cross-sectional study on a household member aged 40 years and abov~ from households of 5 randomly sampled villages in Beranang, Hulu Langat Selangor between August 2000 to December 2000 was carried out to determine the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in performing visual acuity screening as well as the prevalence of visual disabilities. It was found that the sensitivity and specificity of visual acuity screened by volunteers was 92.9% and 97.5% respectively when compared with health personnel. The prevelance oflow vision was 21.5% with the majority (55.4%) of those with low vison having cataracts. Department Of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2002 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4408/1/Vol6%28K%29-Bashirah.pdf Hidayah NI, and Che Muhaya M, and Hanizah Y, and Radziah AL, and Rozila Y, and Nasroum MN, and Azizah O, (2002) An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor. Jurnal Kesihatan Masyarakat, 8 (1). pp. 63-66. ISSN 1675-1663 http://www.communityhealthjournal.org/detailarticle.asp?id=273&issue=Vol8(1):2002 |
| spellingShingle | Hidayah NI, Che Muhaya M, Hanizah Y, Radziah AL, Rozila Y, Nasroum MN, Azizah O, An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor |
| title | An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor |
| title_full | An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor |
| title_short | An evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in Beranang, Selangor |
| title_sort | evaluation of the effectiveness of volunteer community health workers in visiual acuity screening amongst residents residents aged 40 years and above in beranang, selangor |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4408/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4408/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4408/1/Vol6%28K%29-Bashirah.pdf |