Increased Prevalence of Myopia in a Ophthalmologic Hospital in Goiânia - Goiás

Completed

• Conditions: Myopia

• Registration Number: NCT02647411
• Lead Sponsor: Instituto de Olhos de Goiania

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the increased prevalence of myopia among patients in different periods in an ophthalmologic hospital in Goiania. There has been an increase of myopia prevalence around the world especially in some Asian countries. The investigators intend to analyze if this growing tendency is also present in our hospital, and if it exist how much is this growth.

Detailed Description

There were compared data collected in two scientific studies carried out in the same ophthalmologic hospital in different periods of time, they evaluated among other factors, the refractive errors of the participants, from this data there were compared the percentage of patients with myopia between the two studies. And analysed how much was the grown of myopia

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08
• Primary Completion: 2015-11
• Study Completion: 2015-11
• Study First Submitted: 2015-11-11
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-05
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-06
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 16971

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients between 2 and 20 years assessment of Project "Olhar Brasil"
• Patients between 2 and 40 years assessment of Project "Boa visão"

Exclusion Criteria

• The patients wasn't assessment of Project "Olhar Brasil"
• The patients wasn't assessment of Project "Boa Visão"

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Analisys of the percentage of patients with myopia in an ophthalmologic hospital in Goiânia - Goiás based on two prevalence studies made in the same hospital in different periods of time.	up to 2 months	Comparison of the prevalence of myopia from data collected in two scientific studies carried out in the same ophthalmologic hospital in different periods of time, that evaluated among other factors the refractive errors of the participants.; In the first study were examined 16.806 students from municipal schools of Goiania during the period October 1995 to December 2000. In the second study there were selected 165 children from 2 to 14 years old who were referred to the Institute of Goiânia eyes, by the "Projeto Boa Visão" within the school environment. The "Projeto Boa Visão" aims to identify vision problems related to refraction.