Spectacle Wear Among Children in a School-Based Program for Ready-Made vs Custom-Made Spectacles in India: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Uncorrected refractive errors are the most common cause of visual impairment in children despite correction being highly cost-effective.

Objective

To determine whether less expensive ready-made spectacles produce rates of spectacle wear at 3 to 4 months comparable to those of more expensive custom-made spectacles among eligible school-aged children.

Design, setting, and participants

This noninferiority, double-masked, randomized clinical trial recruited children aged 11 to 15 years from January 12 through July 31, 2015, from government schools in urban and periurban areas surrounding Bangalore, India. Follow-up occurred from August 1 through September 31, 2015. Participants met the following eligibility criteria for ready-made spectacles: failed vision scre

SUBMITTER: Morjaria P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5847082 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature