Seeing is learning: providing vision care to rural primary school children in China

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Vision care; Eye Diseases; Myopia

• Registration Number: ISRCTN03252665
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University (USA)

Brief Summary

2014 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25249453 results 2018 Results article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29801081 results 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35183168/ (added 21/02/2022) 2023 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-01907-5 (added 15/05/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-09-25
• Study Completion: 2013-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20000

Inclusion Criteria

Fourth and fifth grade students in 250 randomly selected primary schools in Yulin Prefecture, Shaanxi Province and Tianshui Prefecture, Gansu Province.

Exclusion Criteria

Students with ailments or conditions that prevents them from being safely dilated and given a proper corrective vision prescription (existing literature indicates this would be at most one percent of the sample population)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Messured in both a baseline and follow-up survey:<br>1. Number of children wearing glasses <br>2. School performance, determined from a standardized test we will administer and students? grades

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Knowledge of vision care and mental health, such as anxiety, mental health, self-esteem, and enjoyment of school.