Refractive prescribing for preschool children by optometrists in England.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Correction of refractive error in children is important for visual and educational development. The aim of this questionnaire-based study was to explore paediatric refractive correction by optometrists in England.

Methods

An online questionnaire was piloted and distributed to optometrists in England. The questionnaire asked about respondents' characteristics (such as type of practice), management of refractive error in 1- and 3-year-old children and sources of information used as a basis for decisions on prescribing refractive error in children.

Results

Two hundred and ninety-three questionnaires were returned, although only 139 (47%) were fully completed. In an average month, about half of respondents examined no children between 0 and 2 years of age, and abo

SUBMITTER: Thompson AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087314 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature