Vision Testing for Adolescents in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Untreated refractive error contributes to the racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in visual function of adolescent children in the US.

Objective

To describe patterns in vision testing as a function of age among US adolescents and identify sociodemographic factors associated with vision testing.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the National Survey of Children's Health (2018-2019), a nationally representative survey of the noninstitutionalized US pediatric population. A total of 24 752 adolescent children (aged 12 to <18 years) were included. Data were analyzed from March 22 to August 11, 2023.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was the caregiver report of vision testing within the last 1

SUBMITTER: Oke I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570910 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature