Self-refraction, ready-made glasses and quality of life among rural myopic Chinese children: a non-inferiority randomized trial

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 567-575

  Zhou, Zhongqiang ^a,b   Chen, Tingting ^b   Jin, Ling ^b   Zheng, Dongxing ^c   Chen, Shangji ^d   He, Mingguang ^b,e   Silver, Josh ^f   Ellwein, Leon ^g   Moore, Bruce ^h   Congdon, Nathan G ^b,i,j  

^a HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Huidong People's Hospital   (China)

^d Guangming Eye Hospital   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h New England College of Optometry   (United States)

ⁱ ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^j QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

children; China; conventional refraction; conventional spectacles; myopia; ready made spectacles; rural refractionist; self refraction; visual function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIGHT REFRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READY MADE SPECTACLE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL REFRACTIONIST; SELF REFRACTION; SPECTACLES; SUBJECTIVE CYCLOPLEGIC RETINOSCOPY; UNIVERSITY OPTOMETRIST; VISUAL ACUITY; CHINA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE REFRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINOSCOPY; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84994338874     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aos.13149     Document Type: Article

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