Child development and refractive errors in preschool children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-187

  Ibironke, Josephine O ^a   Friedman, David S ^a,b   Repka, Michael X ^a   Katz, Joanne ^a,b   Giordano, Lydia ^a   Hawse, Patricia ^a   Tielsch, James M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

child development; hypermetropia; myopia; parental concerns; preschool children; refractive error; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOPIA; PARENTAL CONCERNS; PRESCHOOL CHILDREN; REFRACTIVE ERROR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ERRORS; REFRACTION;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AGE; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; MALE; MARYLAND; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79551521138     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318204509b     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Donahue SP. Prescribing spectacles in children: A pediatric ophthalmologist's approach. Optom Vis Sci 2007;84:110-4.
2. Simons K. Preschool vision screening: Rationale, methodology and outcome. Surv Ophthalmol 1996;41:3-30.
3. Simons K. Old age and the functional consequences of amblyopia. J AAPOS 2008;12:429-30.
4. Glascoe FP. Collaborating with Parents: Using Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS) to Detect and Address Developmental and Behavioral Problems. Nashville, TN: Ellswoth & Vandermeer Press; 2002.
5. Glascoe FP. Parents' evaluation of developmental status: How well do parents' concerns identify children with behavioral and emotional problemš Clin Pediatr (Phila) 2003;42:133-8.
6. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Children with Disabilities. Developmental surveillance and screening of infants and young children. Pediatrics 2001;108:192-6.
7. Glascoe FP, Altemeier WA, MacLean WE. The importance of parents' concerns about their child's development.AmJ Dis Child 1989; 143:955-8.
8. Friedman DS, Repka MX, Katz J, Giordano L, Ibironke J, Hawes P, Burkom D, Tielsch JM. Prevalence of decreased visual acuity among preschool-aged children in an American urban population: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, methods, and results. Ophthalmology 2008;115:1786-95.
9. Giordano L, Friedman DS, Repka MX, Katz J, Ibironke J, Hawes P, Tielsch JM. Prevalence of refractive error among preschool children in an urban population: The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology 2009;116:739-46.
10. Friedman DS, Repka MX, Katz J, Giordano L, Ibironke J, Hawse P, Tielsch JM. Prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in white and African American children aged 6 through 71 months the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study. Ophthalmology 2009;116:2128-34.
11. Glascoe FP. Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status. Nashville, TN: Ellsworth & Vandermeer Press; 2006.
12. Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. Impact of confidence number on the screening accuracy of the retinomax autorefractor. Optom Vis Sci 2007;84:181-8.
13. StataCorp. STATA for Windows Release 10 Software [computer program]. College Station, TX: StataCorp; 2010.
14. Roch-Levecq AC, Brody BL, Thomas RG, Brown SI. Ametropia, preschoolers' cognitive abilities, and effects of spectacle correction. Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126:252-8; quiz 161.
15. Atkinson J, Anker S, Nardini M, Braddick O, Hughes C, Rae S, Wattam-Bell J, Atkinson S. Infant vision screening predicts failures on motor and cognitive tests up to school age. Strabismus 2002;10: 187-98.
16. Atkinson J, Nardini M, Anker S, Braddick O, Hughes C, Rae S. Refractive errors in infancy predict reduced performance on the movement assessment battery for children at 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 years. Dev Med Child Neurol 2005;47:243-51.
17. Atkinson J, Braddick O, Nardini M, Anker S. Infant hyperopia: Detection, distribution, changes and correlates-outcomes from the cambridge infant screening programs. Optom Vis Sci 2007;84: 84-96.
18. Harvey EM, Dobson V, Miller JM, Sherrill DL. Treatment of astigmatism- related amblyopia in 3- to 5-year-old children. Vision Res 2004;44:1623-34.
19. Dobson V, Miller JM, Harvey EM, Mohan KM. Amblyopia in astigmatic preschool children. Vision Res 2003;43:1081-90.
20. Leon A, Donahue SP, Morrison DG, Estes RL, Li C. The agedependent effect of anisometropia magnitude on anisometropic amblyopia severity. J AAPOS 2008;12:150-6.
21. Donahue SP. The relationship between anisometropia, patient age, and the development of amblyopia. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 2005;103:313-36.
22. Weakley DR, Jr. The association between nonstrabismic anisometropia, amblyopia, and subnormal binocularity. Ophthalmology 2001; 108:163-71.
23. Williams J, Holmes CA. Improving the early detection of children with subtle developmental problems. J Child Health Care 2004;8: 34-46.