{"doi":"10.2147/opth.s346443","title":"Analysis of Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Follow-Up in a Glaucoma Screening Program","abstract":"PURPOSE: To determine what socioeconomic factors affect follow-up in a glaucoma screening program. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study of six health fairs in South Florida from October 2012 to March 2013 among socially and economically disadvantaged populations. Visual acuity (VA), intraocular pressure (IOP), cup-to-disc ratio (CDR), and visual field testing were obtained to identify glaucoma suspects. Glaucoma suspects were defined as having intraocular pressure ≥24 mm Hg, cup-to-disc ratio of ≥0.6 in either eye, or glaucomatous defects on visual field testing. In July 2015, telephone surveys were administered to assess follow up and socioeconomic factors. RESULTS: Seventy-two out of 144 (50%) glaucoma suspects responded to the survey and were included in the analysis. Of the 72 respondents, average age was 52.8 years old and 65% were female. The most common race was African American (69%) and ethnicity was Haitian (51%). Glaucoma suspects who followed up were significantly more likely to have health insurance compared to those who did not follow up (74% vs 43%, p = 0.014). No significant difference in follow-up based on age (p = 0.125), education (p = 0.151), gender (p = 0.48), or ethnicity (p = 0.707) was identified. Of the 30 respondents, who did not follow up, the most common reasons were \"no insurance\" (57%, 17/30) and \"not worried\" (33%, 10/30). CONCLUSION: Insurance was the main socioeconomic factor in determining whether glaucoma suspects followed up after community health screenings. Streamlining social services could increase clinical access of glaucoma suspects.","journal":"Clinical ophthalmology","year":2021,"id":184291,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":12,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.7158,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2021-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":507065,"name":"Richard K. Lee","orcid":"0000-0002-9813-7536","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":739436,"name":"Zachary Kroeger","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":738922,"name":"Karina Somohano","orcid":"0000-0002-3697-3176","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":738923,"name":"Matthew B. Feldman","orcid":"0000-0001-9090-4676","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":739437,"name":"Jennifer Verriotto","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":739438,"name":"Adam S. Aldahan","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":739439,"name":"Potyra R. Rosa","orcid":null,"position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":381071,"name":"William J. Feuer","orcid":"0000-0002-9442-3076","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":319938,"name":"Dandan Zheng","orcid":"0000-0003-2259-1633","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":336205,"name":"David Lee","orcid":"0000-0002-7536-9692","position":10,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":396779,"name":"Byron L. Lam","orcid":"0000-0002-1233-2366","position":11,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":433924,"name":"Patrick Staropoli","orcid":"0000-0001-6709-2972","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":25,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-18T23:48:26.340498Z","pmid":"35002221","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}