The effect of adherence to spectacle wear on early developing literacy: a longitudinal study based in a large multiethnic city, Bradford, UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the impact of adherence to spectacle wear on visual acuity (VA) and developing literacy following vision screening at age 4-5 years.

Design

Longitudinal study nested within the Born in Bradford birth cohort.

Setting and participants

Observation of 944 children: 432 had failed vision screening and were referred (treatment group) and 512 randomly selected (comparison group) who had passed (<0.20 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) in both eyes). Spectacle wear was observed in school for 2 years following screening and classified as adherent (wearing spectacles at each assessment) or non-adherent.

Main outcome measures

Annual measures of VA using a crowded logMAR test. Literacy was measured by Woodcock Reading Mastery Test

SUBMITTER: Bruce A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009541 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature