Table 4.
HCP-targeted strategies used to improve screening uptake in young adults and perception of their effectiveness
| Healthcare Professional (HCP) strategy | Adopting strategy | Perceived effectiveness | |||||
| n (%) | Extremely effective | Very effective | Moderately effective | Slightly effective | Not effective | Mean (SD) |
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| Clinical education | 89 (87.3) | 16 (18.0) | 36 (40.4) | 27 (30.3) | 10 (11.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3.65 (0.91) |
| Audit and performance feedback (eg, feedback on number of patients screened per month) | 97 (95.1) | 18 (18.6) | 28 (28.9) | 40 (41.2) | 11 (11.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3.55 (0.92) |
| Electronic registers (which hold information about patients and their eye screening appointments) | 99 (97.1) | 24 (24.2) | 32 (32.3) | 33 (33.3) | 9 (9.1) | 1 (1.0) | 3.70 (0.97) |
| Telemedicine (eg, EyePACS)/virtual clinics | 31 (30.4) | 4 (12.9) | 12 (38.7) | 14 (45.2) | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0.0) | 3.61 (0.76) |