Poll results: Have you referred a patient with AMD for a low vision evaluation?

Poll

See the results from our recent poll!

Optometry Times asked our audience, "Have you referred a patient with AMD for a low vision evaluation?" and the results are in!

The poll appeared on OptometryTimes.com and was promoted across social channels from Feb. 1 to Feb. 7, 2023.

8 ODs responded:

- 7 said they have referred patients and their patients have followed through

- 1 said they have referred a patient and saw no follow through

- No one said they have not referred patients

Curious to learn more about AMD and low vision management? Read more from Parres Wright, OD, FAAO, on "Managing low vision in an aging population," and tell us your thoughts!

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