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Strategies for cataract and uncorrected refractive error case finding in India: Costs and cost-effectiveness at scale. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Southeast Asia, 2022
Wong B, Singh K, Khanna RC, Ravilla T, Kuyyadiyil S, Sabherwal S, Sil A, Dole K, Chase H, Frick KD.   +9 more
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Uncorrected Refractive Error in the African American Eye Disease Study.

JAMA Ophthalmol
Importance Refractive error remains the largest cause of correctable visual impairment in the US. Correction of refractive error will reduce visual impairment and its associated morbidity but also improve quality of life and productivity.
Dhablania N, Torres M, Burkemper B, McKean-Cowdin R, Varma R, African American Eye Disease Study Group.   +5 more
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Disability-related-distress in primary school learners with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa - a qualitative study. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
Background Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is a major cause of vision impairment among children that impacts negatively on their lives including distresses. We aim to understand the disability-related distress among vision-impaired children due to URE
Chan VF, Singer S, Naidoo KS.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Academic Implications of Uncorrected Refractive Error: A Study of Sokoto Metropolitan Schoolchildren.

Niger Med J, 2019
Background: The Sustainable Development Goal 4 ensures that all children have an inclusive and equitable quality education. However, uncorrected refractive errors (UREs) have been a major cause of limitations with regard to quality education as vision ...
Olatunji LK, Abdulsalam LB, Lukman A, Abduljaleel A, Yusuf I.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The Association between Frailty and Uncorrected Refractive Error in Older Adults. [PDF]

Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 2020
Purpose: Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is the leading cause of impaired vision in older adults and has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Here, we investigate the association between URE and frailty in older adults.
Lee MJ, Varadaraj V, Tian J, Bandeen-Roche K, Swenor BK.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Uncorrected Refractive Error in Older Adults in a Population-Based Study in France. [PDF]

JAMA Ophthalmol, 2019
Importance Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is a common cause of visual impairment, but its prevalence in groups of older adults who could be pragmatic targets for improving optical correction remains unknown.
Naël V, Moreau G, Monfermé S, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Scherlen AC, Arleo A, Korobelnik JF, Delcourt C, Helmer C.   +8 more
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Prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in the Bongo District of Ghana

Cogent Medicine, 2021
To estimate the prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in the Bongo District of Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 12–15-year-old children in eighteen public junior high schools in ...
Frederick A Asare, Priya Morjaria
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Prevalence of visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error: Results from Delhi-Rapid Assessment of Visual Impairment Study.

Indian J Ophthalmol, 2016
Aim: To estimate the prevalence of visual impairment (VI) due to uncorrected refractive error (URE) and to assess the barriers to utilization of services in the adult urban population of Delhi.
Senjam SS, Vashist P, Gupta N, Malhotra S, Misra V, Bhardwaj A, Gupta V.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Refractive Error among Children Presenting to the Outpatient Department of Ophthalmology in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Refractive error is an important component of the priority disease ‘childhood blindness’ within the vision 2020 initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness.
Anjila Basnet , Rohit Pandit, Prabha Devi Chettri   +2 more
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The impact of spectacle correction on the well-being of children with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error: a systematic review. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Despite being easily corrected with eyeglasses, over two-thirds of the world’s child population presents with vision impairment (VI) due to uncorrected refractive errors.
Pirindhavellie GP, Yong AC, Mashige KP, Naidoo KS, Chan VF.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources