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Screening for Glaucoma


This topic is in the process of being updated. Please go to the Update in Progress section to see the latest documents available.



This topic page summarizes the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations on screening for glaucoma.


 

Current Recommendation

Release Date: March 2005

  • The USPSTF found insufficient evidence to recommend for or against screening adults for glaucoma.
    Grade: I Statement.

Supporting Documents

Recommendation Statement (PDF File, 90 KB; PDF Help)
Evidence Update (PDF File, 62 KB; PDF Help)
Evidence Synthesis (PDF File, 200 KB; PDF Help)


Update in Progress

In an effort to make the USPSTF recommendations clearer and its processes more transparent, the Task Force is sharing drafts of many of its documents for public comment, including draft Research Plans and draft Recommendation Statements. As a result, the final Recommendation Statement is not yet available.

Supporting Documents


Evidence Report

The research team at the Evidence-based Practice Center independently gathers and reviews the available published evidence to address the questions posed by the USPSTF. The resulting draft Evidence Report is critiqued by national subject matter experts before being finalized.

Evidence Report
Comparative Effectiveness Review on Screening (PDF File, 6.8 MB; PDF Help)
Comparative Effectiveness Review on Treatment (PDF File, 6.2 MB; PDF Help)

Current as of April 2012


Internet Citation:

Screening for Glaucoma, Topic Page. April 2012. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsglau.htm


 


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