Impact of free glasses and a teacher incentive on children's use of eyeglasses: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 889-896.e1

  Yi, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Haiqing ^b   Ma, Xiaochen ^c,d   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Wang, Xiuqin ^e,f   Jin, Ling ^e   Naidoo, Kovin ^g,h   Minto, Hasan ^g   Zou, Haidong ⁱ   Lu, Lina ⁱ   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Congdon, Nathan ^e,j,k  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ Shanghai Eye Disease Prevention and Treatment Center   (China)

^j ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^k QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SELF REPORT; SPECTACLES; TEACHER; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE REFRACTION; INCIDENCE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

CHILD; CHINA; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; ODDS RATIO; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84948716709     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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