Effectiveness of Computerized Visual Screening Tool Used in Driving Schools in Malaysia

摘要

>Purpose: A survey on new Malaysian drivers was conducted in Malaysia between year 2006-2009. The objective of this study was to look at the effectiveness of the present computerized visual screening tool and to compare it with the conventional testing method.>Methods: A total of 3717 drivers aged 19±6 years, who had passed in the computerized visual screening, participated in this study.>Results: 250 subjects achieved less than 0.3 LogMAR with their best eye and 83 subjects failed the Ishihara Test after retested using the conventional tool.>Conclusion: These finding showed the computerized visual screening test failed to filter some subjects according to the standards set.