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Prevalence and risk factors for myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria
African Vision and Eye Health, 2017 Aim: To study the prevalence of myopia among school children in Aba, Nigeria. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in public and private (primary and secondary) schools.
Uchenna C. Atowa +2 more
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Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research, 2021 Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology, clinical profile, and pattern of refractive error in newly diagnosed cases in children visiting a tertiary care eye center in southern India.
Vimal Krishna Rajput +2 more
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Uncorrected refractive error [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 We need to act now to eliminate preventable blindness by the year 2020 In 1997, the World Health Organization set itself an ambitious goal to eliminate avoidable blindness in the world by 2020, with one of the five main priorities being refractive errors.1,2 A recent review of the impact of Vision 2020 on preventable blindness, other than uncorrected ...
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What is the global burden of visual impairment?
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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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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On addressing the burden of uncorrected refractive errors
Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development, 2023 Uncorrected or unaddressed refractive error (URE) is the leading cause of treatable visual impairment (VI) globally. A significant factor is the prohibitive costs of corrective options. The World Health Organization recently recommended the use of effective refractive error coverage (eREC) to determine the burden and management of URE. To increase eREC,
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Comparative demographic details of study participants and people with uncorrected refractive error.
, 2023 Comparative demographic details of study participants and people with uncorrected refractive error.
Rohit C. Khanna (8029256) +7 more
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Effects of visual blur on microsaccades during visual exploration
Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2019 Microsaccades shift the image on the fovea and counteract visual fading. They also serve as an optimal sampling strategy while viewing complex visual scenes. Microsaccade production relies on the amount of retinal error or acuity demand of a visual task.
Sherry Tang +6 more
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The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among children in Kenya – the Kenya eye study
BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background Visual impairment is the partial or complete loss of vision in which the presenting visual acuity lie between 6/18-no perceptions of light. In Kenya, little attention has been directed towards children vision and causes of visual impairment ...
Shadrack Muma, Stephen Obonyo
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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 +4 more
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