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The prevalence of myopic refractive error and its associated risk factors among primary school students in a community in Shanghai

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2022
ObjectiveTo analyze the prevalence of myopic refractive error and its associated risk factors among primary school students in Shanghai Minhang Distict.MethodsA total of 11 356 primary school students who participated in the children's refraction ...
ZHANG Yaping, WANG Lijuan, ZHANG Qing, LIU Pu   +3 more
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Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium [PDF]

, 2015
To estimate the prevalence of refractive error in adults across Europe. Refractive data (mean spherical equivalent) collected between 1990 and 2013 from fifteen population-based cohort and cross-sectional studies of the European Eye Epidemiology (E3 ...
Anastasopoulos, E. (Eleftherios), Bertelsen, G. (Geir), Bron, A. (Alain), Buitendijk, G.H.S. (Gabrielle), Cougnard-Grégoire, A. (Audrey), Creuzot-Garcher, C. (Catherine), Cumberland, P. (Phillippa), Dartigues, J.-F., Delcourt, C. (Cécile), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Erke, M.G. (Maja Gran), Fletcher, A. (Astrid), Foster, P.J. (Paul J.), Gieger, C. (Christian), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher), Hofman, A. (Albert), Hogg, R. (Ruth), Höhn, R. (René), Khawaja, A.P. (Anthony P.), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Korobelnik, J.-F. (Jean-François), Kuijpers, R.W.A.M. (Robert), Luben, R.N. (Robert N.), Mahroo, O. (Omar), Meitinger, T. (Thomas), Mirshahi, A. (Alireza), Pfeiffer, N. (Norbert), Rahi, J.S. (Jugnoo), Topouzis, F. (Fotis), Verhoeven, V.J.M. (Virginie), Vingerling, J.R. (Hans), Von Hanno, T. (Therese), Williams, K.M. (Katie M.), Wolfram, C. (Christian)   +33 more
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The uncorrected refractive error challenge

Community Eye Health Journal, 2016
Refractive error affects people of all ages, socio-economic status and ethnic groups. The most recent statistics estimate that, worldwide, 32.4 million people are blind and 191 million people have vision impairment.
Kovin Naidoo, Pirindha Govender , Brien Holden   +2 more
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Development and Validation of a Screening Tool for The Identification of Refractive Errors Among School Going Children In Tamil Nadu, India

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2023
Background: The inability to focus light onto the retina, known as refractive error, is a significant cause of correctable visual impairment. Unfortunately, students' ocular complaints often go unnoticed due to a lack of awareness. To address this issue,
Sudharsan V, Prateeksha Dawn Davidson, Lakshmi Kandhan V, Amudha VP, Rita Hepsi Rani M   +4 more
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Diurnal Refractive Error Fluctuations in Diabetic and Control Subjects [PDF]

, 2007
Purpose: Refractive error has been shown to fluctuate in poorly controlled diabetic patients. The purpose of this study was to measure acute diurnal fluctuations in refractive error and blood glucose levels (BGLs) in diabetic and control subjects ...
Hosking, S. L., Huntjens, B., O’Donnell, C., Workman, H.   +3 more
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Treatment coverage rates for refractive error in the National Eye Health survey. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
To present treatment coverage rates and risk factors associated with uncorrected refractive error in Australia.Thirty population clusters were randomly selected from all geographic remoteness strata in Australia to provide samples of 1738 Indigenous ...
Joshua Foreman, Jing Xie, Stuart Keel, Hugh R Taylor, Mohamed Dirani   +4 more
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Prevalence of Refractive Errors among Medical Students and Identification of Associated Factors

Life and Science, 2021
Objective: To determine the prevalence of refractive errors among medical students and identify associated factors. Study Design: Analytical, cross-sectional study.
Saadia Maqbool, Abdul Rehman Rizwan, Iram Manzoor, Ali Qais, Aleena Furqan, Abdul Rehman   +5 more
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Evaluation of the impact of refractive surgery on quality of life using the NEI-RQL (National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life) instrument [PDF]

, 2005
PURPOSE: To assess the impact of refractive surgery on quality of life using the National Eye Institute Refractive Error Quality of Life instrument (NEI-RQL) and to evaluate the responsiveness of our Portuguese version of the NEI-RQL instrument to ...
Nunes, Larissa Madeira [UNIFESP], Schor, Paulo [UNIFESP]   +1 more
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Predicting the onset of myopia in children: results from the CLEERE study

BMC Ophthalmology, 2021
Research often attempts to identify risk factors associated with prevalent disease or that change the probability of developing disease. These factors may also help in predicting which individuals may go on to develop the condition of interest.
Donald O. Mutti, Lisa A. Jordan, Karla Zadnik   +2 more
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Reversion scheme for droplet parameters with rainbow refractometry based on Debye theory [PDF]

, 2011
This paper was presented at the 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011), which was held at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki in Greece.
3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011), Song, F, Wang, S, Xu, C, Yao, Z   +4 more
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