Prevalence of screening myopia and refractive correction among primary and middle school students in Xuzhou city

Autor: Wen Zhou, Xian-Ming Feng, Hong-Yan Chen, Ya Liao, Wei Wang, Su-Yan Li, Ying Li, Xiao-Juan Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Guoji Yanke Zazhi, Vol 22, Iss 4, Pp 647-651 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1672-5123
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2022.4.24
Popis: AIM:To determine the prevalence of screening myopia and refractive correction among primary and middle school students aged from 6-18 years in Xuzhou city, Jiangsu Province.METHODS: A cross-sectional cluster sampling study was designed. The total number of screened students was 63 488 in 70 schools from Xuzhou city in this study from September 2020 to December 2020. After excluding the unqualified data, 58 149 students aged 6-18 years were included to analyse. The prevalence of screening myopia, refractive correction and full correction with the aspect of different ages, genders, regions and degrees of myopia were described.RESULTS: The overall rate of screening myopia and refractive correction were 49.26% and 31.11%, respectively and both showed an increasing trend with age(P
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