Optical treatment of strabismic and combined strabismic-anisometropic amblyopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine visual acuity improvement in children with strabismic and combined strabismic-anisometropic (combined-mechanism) amblyopia treated with optical correction alone and to explore factors associated with improvement.

Design

Prospective, multicenter, cohort study.

Participants

We included 146 children 3 to <7 years old with previously untreated strabismic amblyopia (n = 52) or combined-mechanism amblyopia (n = 94).

Methods

Optical treatment was provided as spectacles (prescription based on a cycloplegic refraction) that were worn for the first time at the baseline visit. Visual acuity with spectacles was measured using the Amblyopia Treatment Study HOTV visual acuity protocol at baseline and every 9 weeks thereafter until no further improvemen

SUBMITTER: Writing Committee for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3250558 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature