Spectacle Adherence Among Four-Year-Old Children in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate spectacle adherence with impact-resistant lenses among 4-year-old children after unilateral cataract surgery in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis of randomized clinical trial data.

Methods

Setting: Multicenter.

Patients

One hundred and fourteen children randomized to contact lens correction or intraocular lens implantation following unilateral cataract surgery during infancy.

Intervention

One-week diaries completed annually and retrospective telephone interviews conducted every 3 months to age 5 years to assess spectacle adherence with impact-resistant lenses. Visual acuity was assessed by a traveling examiner at age 4.5 years.

Main outcome measures

Spectacle adherence between ages 4 and 5

SUBMITTER: Lambert SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6445735 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature