One year study on the integrative intervention of acupressure and interactive multimedia for visual health in school children

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 385-392

  Yeh, Mei Ling ^a   Chen, Hsing Hsia ^b   Chung, Yu Chu ^c  

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

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Auricular acupressure; Controlled trial; Interactive multimedia; Knowledge; Myopia; Refractive error; School children; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ACUPRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA OF VISUAL HEALTH INSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; TAIWAN; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACUPRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84868489504     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: 18736963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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