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Strategies to improve the reporting of legal blindness in Massachusetts.

M M el-Hashimy, R E Aubert, K Alich, J H Warram, B A Harrigan and W H Herman

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Diabetes Control Program, Boston 02108-4619, USA.

OBJECTIVES: Registration practices were evaluated as the initial phase of a validation study of the Register of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind. METHODS: Massachusetts eye care providers were surveyed to determine factors associated with nonreporting of legal blindness to the commission. RESULTS: Among ophthalmologists, factors associated with nonreporting were small practice size and practicing for 5 years or less in Massachusetts. Among optometrists, factors included small practice size and unawareness of the Massachusetts reporting law. CONCLUSIONS: Information should be disseminated to eye care providers, legally blind patients, and the public to ensure registration and sustain it.

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