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Glaucoma Risk Assessment Screen

Are you at risk for glaucoma? Your eye care specialist is your best source for information and advice, but this assessment screen can give you an idea of your overall risk level.

After you have finished answering the following questions, click "Done" to find out your results.

  1. How old are you?
    40 years or less    41 to 49 years    50 years or more
  2. Does anyone in your immediate family have glaucoma?
    Yes    No
  3. Do you have regular eye examinations?
    Yes    No
  4. Has your eye doctor ever told you that you have high pressure in your eyes (intraocular pressure, IOP)?
    Yes    No
  5. Is your ancestry
    African-American    Asian    European    Other
  6. Do you have diabetes?
    Yes    No
  7. Are you near-sighted?
    Yes    No
  8. Are you far-sighted?
    Yes    No
  9. Have you used corticosteroid drugs (such as cortisone or prednisone) over long periods of time?
    Yes    No
  10. Have you had an eye injury?
    Yes    No
  11. Do you have high blood pressure?
    Yes    No

Sources:

American Academy of Ophthalmology
National Eye Institute
The Glaucoma Foundation

This screening assessment was reviewed and updated June 2007.

Tue, Dec 2, 2008



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