Seeing is learning: vision care for middle school students in China's rural areas

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Refractive error; Eye Diseases; Disorder of refraction, unspecified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN17141957
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33083554/ (added 23/10/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-05-27
• Study Completion: 2015-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 2 November 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 995

Inclusion Criteria

Male and female seventh and eighth grade elementary school students, ranging between ages 11 and 13, attending public middle schools in rural areas of northwestern China will be recruited by randomized selection. We are only enrolling students from township level schools. All students in these schools who agree to participate in the study will be enrolled as study participants.

Exclusion Criteria

Rich urban areas are not included in the randomized selection. These areas are not known to have major health problems.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified