Rural-urban differences in prevalence of and risk factors for refractive errors among school children and adolescents aged 6–18 years in Dalian, China

• Published in: Frontiers in public health Vol. 10; p. 917781
• Main Authors: Wang, Yachen, Liu, Lei, Lu, Zhili, Qu, Yiyin, Ren, Xianlong, Wang, Jiaojiao, Lu, Yan, Liang, Wei, Xin, Yue, Zhang, Nan, Jin, Lin, Wang, Lijing, Song, Jian, Yu, Jian, Zhao, Lijun, Ma, Xiang, Zhang, Lijun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 29.08.2022
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anisometropia; Child; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Humans; Hyperopia - epidemiology; Myopia - epidemiology; Prevalence; Public Health; refractive errors; Refractive Errors - diagnosis; Refractive Errors - epidemiology; Risk Factors; schoolchildren; urban-rural disparity; China; schoolchildren; prevalence; risk factors; urban-rural disparity; refractive errors

To assess the prevalence of refractive errors (REs) in school children aged 6-18 years in urban and rural settings in Dalian, Northeast of China. This is a school-based cross-sectional survey using multi-stage randomization technique. Six- to eighteen-year-old school children from elementary schools...