Role and Problem in the History Taking Questionnaire

History taking is important for ocular evaluation especially in infant or child. In our clinic, the history taking questionnaire has been used to improve the efficiency in diagnosis and also allow patients arranging complaints themselves before the interview by the opthalmological staff. We investig...

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Published inJAPANESE ORTHOPTIC JOURNAL Vol. 16; pp. 56 - 59
Main Authors TSUJI, Kiyoko, YAMAMOTO, Yurie, KAWAI, Akiko, MATSUDA, Koji, TANAKA, Hisako, INAGAKI, Hisae, KOZAKI, Masaru
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ORTHOPTISTS 1988
Subjects
history taking
history taking chart
screening
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ISSN0387-5172
1883-9215
1883-9215
DOI10.4263/jorthoptic.16.56

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Summary:History taking is important for ocular evaluation especially in infant or child. In our clinic, the history taking questionnaire has been used to improve the efficiency in diagnosis and also allow patients arranging complaints themselves before the interview by the opthalmological staff. We investigated the data of the questionnaire in use. The results revealed some problems as follow: not all the patients necessarilly comprehended the intention of the questions, some of the patients did not answer the truth especially about family history or past illness and so on.
ISSN:0387-5172
1883-9215
1883-9215
DOI:10.4263/jorthoptic.16.56