An intervention of acupressure and interactive multimedia to improve visual health among Taiwanese schoolchildren

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-17

  Yeh, Mei Ling ^a   Chen, Ching Hsiu ^a   Chen, Hsing Hsia ^b   Lin, Kuan Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acupressure; Multimedia; Myopia; Refractive error; Traditional Chinese medicine; Visual acuity; Visual health

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; MYOPIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAIWAN; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACUPRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; MYOPIA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TAIWAN; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 37249084080     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2008.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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