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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 Global estimates indicate that more than 2.3 billion people in the world suffer from poor vision due to refractive error; of which 670 million people are considered visually impaired because they do not have access to corrective treatment.
Kovin S Naidoo, Jyoti Jaggernath
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Refractive errors among medical students in Jordan: prevalence, types and possible risk factors
Future Science OA, 2023 Aim: This study aims to determine the prevalence of refractive errors among medical students in Jordan. Materials & methods: Cross-sectional model through an online questionnaire was conducted.
Asem A Alqudah +2 more
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Evaluation of refractive errors in retinopathy of prematurity screening [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik, 2019 Aim To evaluate the frequency of refractive errors in premature children in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening to find mutual connection of the prematurity level, disease activity and refractive errors.
Aida Pidro +3 more
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The prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors in underserved rural areas
Journal of Current Ophthalmology, 2017 Purpose: To determine the prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors, need for spectacles, and the determinants of unmet need in underserved rural areas of Iran.
Hassan Hashemi +4 more
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Refractive surgery: the most cost-saving technique in refractive errors correction [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 AIM: To compare the lifetime and annual economic burden of spectacles, contact lenses, and refractive surgery in correction of refractive errors. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study with convenience sampling which 120 patients were interviewed in a
Seyed-Farzad Mohammadi +4 more
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001 Recent data suggest that a large number of people are blind in different parts of the world due to high refractive error because they are not using appropriate refractive correction.
Dandona Rakhi, Dandona Lalit
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Is there an association between convergence insufficiency and refractive errors?
African Vision and Eye Health, 2017 Background: Refractive errors and convergence insufficiency play major roles in reading efficiency. Uncorrected refractive errors are a primary cause of binocular anomalies, including convergence insufficiency.
Samuel Otabor Wajuihian
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Correction of refractive errors
Zdravniški Vestnik, 2005 Background: Spectacles and contact lenses are the most frequently used, the safest and the cheapest way to correct refractive errors. The development of keratorefractive surgery has brought new opportunities for correction of refractive errors in ...
Vladimir Pfeifer, Ivana Gardaševič
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Agreement of Ocular Biometry Measured by LenStar LS 900 and CASIA2 Optical Coherence Tomography [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2021 Introduction:The present study aimed to compare the anterior segment measurements between optical low-coherence reflectometry (LenStar LS900) and anterior segment optical coherence tomography (CASIA2 OCT). Methods:A total of 198 right eyes of 198 healthy
Maliheh Karimpour +4 more
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Refractive Errors in State Junior High School Students in Bandung
Althea Medical Journal, 2016 Background: Uncorrected refractive error is one of the avoidable causes of vision impairment in children and adults. Vision problem in children has been shown to affect their psychological and academic performance.
Sabila Tasyakur Nikmah +2 more
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