Acta Med. 2024, 67: 79-86

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2025.2

Visual Acuity Screening of Refugees and Immigrants with a Web-Based Digital Test: A Pilot Study

Minas Bakirtzisa, Eirini Michaleakoub, Maria-Eleni Martidoub, Eleni Lahanab,c, Petros Kostagiolasb,d, Dimitris Niakasb,e, Georgios Labirisa,b

aMedical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
bFaculty of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patras, Greece
cDepartment of Public and One Health, School of Social Sciences, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
dDepartment of Archives, Library Science and Museology, School of Information Science and Informatics, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
eMedical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Received July 15, 2024
Accepted September 3, 2024

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