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Prevalence of undetected ocular conditions in a pilot sample of school children

Date

Authors

Rosen, David B

Younan, C

Morgan, Ian

Rose, Kathryn A

Publisher

Blackwell Science Asia

Abstract

Parents of 134 children (age 5-18 years; 84% participation) attending a private school gave informed consent for their child's participation in a pilot study to demonstrate the feasibility and estimate sample size for a larger study of myopia prevalence,

Keywords

Keywords: tropicamide; adult; age; amblyopia; article; child; child health care; color vision defect; cycloplegic eye autorefraction; early diagnosis; eye disease; eye fundus; eye refraction; feasibility study; female; human; major clinical study; male; mass screen Australia; Ocular conditions; Prevalence; School; Study; Sydney Myopia; Vision screening

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87866

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00636.x