Global disease burden of uncorrected refractive error among adolescents from 1990 to 2019 [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background To estimate the global disease burden of uncorrected refractive error (URE) among adolescents and assess the contributions of various risk factors to disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) due to URE. Methods Global, regional and country-level
Zhenlan Yang +6 more
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The burden of uncorrected refractive error [PDF]
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Uncorrected refractive errors [defined as a presenting visual acuity of less than 6/12 in the better eye with an improvement of at least 0.2 logMAR (equivalent to two lines) after refraction][1] are the leading cause for moderate to severe vision ...
Santosh G Honavar
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Prevalence and association of uncorrected refractive error among Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is one of the main causes of visual impairments. URE may reduce interaction and learning in the classroom, leading to social isolation, irreversible amblyopia, lack of external knowledge, and restrictions on ...
Yue Zhou +8 more
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Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. [PDF]
Eye (Lond)Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is a readily treatable cause of visual impairment (VI). This study provides updated estimates of global and regional vision loss due to URE, presenting temporal change for VISION 2020 Data from population-based eye ...
Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study +1 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose: The objective of this review is to estimate the prevalence of refractive errors, uncorrected refractive error (URE), and uncorrected presbyopia in adults aged ≥30 years in India.
Sethu Sheeladevi +5 more
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Influence of uncorrected refractive error and unmet refractive error on visual impairment in a Brazilian population [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2014 BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) definitions of blindness and visual impairment are widely based on best-corrected visual acuity excluding uncorrected refractive errors (URE) as a visual impairment cause.
Fabio H. Ferraz +3 more
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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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What is the global burden of visual impairment? [PDF]
BMC Medicine, 2006 Background A recent estimate by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that 161 million persons worldwide have visual impairment, including 37 million blind (best-corrected visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye) and 124 million with visual
Dandona Rakhi, Dandona Lalit
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Population-based cross-sectional study of barriers to utilisation of refraction services in South India: Rapid Assessment of Refractive Errors (RARE) Study [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2011 Aim To assess the barriers to the uptake of refraction services in the age group of 15–49 years in rural Andhra Pradesh, India.Methods A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted using cluster random sampling to enumerate 3300 individuals from
Jill E Keeffe +3 more
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Visual Impairment from Uncorrected Refractive Error among Participants in a Novel Program to Improve Eye Care Access among Low-Income Adults in Michigan. [PDF]
Ophthalmology, 2023 Killeen OJ +11 more
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