Understanding accommodative control in the clinic: Modeling latency and amplitude for uncorrected refractive error, presbyopia and cycloplegia. [PDF]
J VisRead JCA, Maus G, Schor CM.
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Uncorrected refractive error and associated factors among primary school children in Debre Markos District, Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2014 BackgroundUncorrected Refractive Error is one of the leading cause amblyopia that exposes children to poor school performance. It refrain them from productive working lives resulting in severe economic and social loses in their latter adulthood lives ...
Sintayehu Aweke Sewunet +2 more
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Potential lost productivity resulting from the global burden of uncorrected refractive error
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2009 OBJECTIVE: To estimate the potential global economic productivity loss associated with the existing burden of visual impairment from uncorrected refractive error (URE).
TST Smith +4 more
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School vision screening programmes in reducing uncorrected refractive error among children in Low and Middle-Income countries-LMIC (systematic review) [PDF]
Advances in Ophthalmology & Visual System, 2020 ackground: The prevalence of uncorrected refractive error among school-age children is on the rise with detrimental effect on academic performance and socio-economic status of those affected.
Abraham Opare +5 more
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Global Patterns in Health Burden of Uncorrected Refractive Error
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2016 Purpose To evaluate the global patterns in health burden of uncorrected refractive error (URE) by year, age and sex, region, and socioeconomic status, using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
Lixia Lou +4 more
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Uncorrected refractive error: the major and most easily avoidable cause of vision loss
Community Eye Health Journal, 2007 In the late 1990s, two papers from very different parts of the world, Australia and India, highlighted the fact that uncorrected refractive error was a significant cause of blindness and the major cause of impaired vision.1,2 Since then, the World Health
Brian A. Holden
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The effect of uncorrected ametropia on ocular torsion induced by changes in fixation [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Background and Objective Ocular torsion, the eye movements to rotating around the line of sight, has not been well investigated regarding the influence of refractive errors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of uncorrected ametropia
Kwang-Keun Oh +4 more
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Improving Access to Refractive Services in Adults: A Health Examination Center-Based Model
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Purpose: To assess the potential of a health examination center-based screening model in improving service for uncorrected refractive error.Methods: Individuals aged ≥18 years undergoing the routine physical examinations at a tertiary hospital in the ...
Haishuang Lin +15 more
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JAMA Ophthalmol, 2020 Importance There is substantial socioeconomic and individual burden from uncorrected refractive error (URE) and chronic ocular disease. Understanding the association of visual acuity (VA) reduction with URE and the adults most likely to benefit from ...
Guo X, Swenor BK, Goldstein JE.
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Estimation of global visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008 Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona
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