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ArticleCurrent eye research2025

Alabama Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and Eye Health Through Telemedicine (AL-SIGHT): The Impact of Financial Incentives on Health Care Engagement Following Telemedicine-Based Vision Screening.

Christopher Girkin, Poojitha Balakrishnan, Liyan Gao, Gerald McGwin, Lindsay Rhodes, Cynthia Owsley

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Christopher GirkinHamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Viterbi Family Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Poojitha BalakrishnanDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Liyan GaoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Gerald McGwinDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Lindsay RhodesTriaVision, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Cynthia OwsleyDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

Funding

VISION SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTERP30EY003039 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GAMLIN, PAUL DOUGLAS · 1985 to 2025
$15.4M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS U01 DP006441NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003039
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Abstract

purposeFinancial incentives have proven successful in addressing health behaviors associated with several chronic diseases and may represent a potential method to improve adherence to follow-up eye examinations from vision screening programs. The study was conducted to determine the effect of financial incentives on follow-up adherence in the Alabama Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and eye Health through Telemedicine.

methodsThis study enrolled eligible patients receiving care at three Federally Qualified Health Centers to undergo screening for refractive error and ocular diseases. Follow-up appointments for continued care were made for patients suspected to have uncorrected refractive error or ocular disease. A subset of patients (

resultsAmong 187 patients with and 234 without incentive, there was a significantly higher rates of follow-up in the incentivized group (83.4% incentivized vs. 74.4% non-incentivized,

conclusionPatients receiving financial incentive had a higher follow-up rate within 6 months. These differences where primarily driven by patients referred for refractive error and diabetic retinopathy. However, once matched for baseline covariates, this improvement was not seen in the overall group. This suggests that incentives may not be an effective method to improve adherence to vision screening in this setting especially for glaucoma screening.

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GlaucomaMotivationRefractive ErrorsTelemedicineVision ScreeningAgedAlabamaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Compliancediabetic retinopathyGlaucomaoptical coherence tomographyoptometryretinal imaging

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PMID40772416
PMCPMC13160361

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