A Randomized, Clinical Trial Evaluating Ready-Made and Custom Spectacles Delivered Via a School-Based Screening Program in China

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1839-1845

  Zeng, Yangfa ^a,b   Keay, Lisa ^c,d   He, Mingguang ^a,b   Mai, Jingcheng ^e   Munoz, Beatriz ^c   Brady, Christopher ^c   Friedman, David S ^b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Guangzhou Police Station   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349440976     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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