OBJECTIVE
To assess the effect of provision of free glasses on academic performance in rural Chinese children with myopia.
DESIGN
Cluster randomized, investigator masked, controlled trial.
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PURPOSE
Disordered sleep and myopia are increasingly prevalent among Chinese children. Similar pathways may be involved in regulation of both sleep cycles and eye growth. We therefore sought to… (More)
PURPOSE
To identify the specific characteristics making glasses designs, particularly those compatible with adjustable glasses, more or less appealing to Chinese children and their parents.
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The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine…
2014
This paper examines the prevalence of vision problems and the accessibility to and quality of vision care in rural China. We obtained data from 4 sources: 1) the National Rural Vision Care Survey; 2)… (More)
PURPOSE
To study safety of children's glasses in rural China, where fear that glasses harm vision is an important barrier for families and policy makers.
DESIGN
Exploratory analysis from a… (More)
PURPOSE
To identify factors associated prospectively with increased cataract surgical rate (CSR) in rural Chinese hospitals.
METHODS
Annual cataract surgical output was obtained at baseline and 24… (More)
PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the protein profiles and pathogenesis in rabbit retinas from normal and post-traumatic proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR).
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PURPOSE
To investigate whether there is familial aggregation of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Chongqing, the municipality in southwest China.
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PURPOSE
We assessed the prevalence and predictors of inaccurate refractive error among rural refractionists in western China.
METHODS
A subset of primary school children with visual acuity (VA)… (More)