School-based epidemiology study of myopia in Tianjin, China

• Published in: International ophthalmology Vol. 40; no. 9; pp. 2213 - 2222
• Main Authors: Wang, Jiaxing, Li, Ying, Zhao, Zhenyang, Wei, Nan, Qi, Xiaoli, Ding, Gang, Li, Xue, Li, Jing, Song, Linlin, Zhang, Ying, Yi, Richard Hyun, Ning, Yuxian, Zeng, Xiaoyu, Hua, Ning, Qian, Xuehan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acuity; Age; Children; Epidemiology; Error analysis; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Myopia; Normal distribution; Ophthalmology; Original Paper; Photorefraction; Refraction; Schools; Screening; Tumbling; Visual acuity; Tianjin China; China; Visual acuity; Children; Photoscreen; Epidemiology; Myopia; Refractive error

Purpose To study the epidemiology of myopia in school-aged children in Tianjin and the relationship between visual acuity-based screening and refraction-based screening. Method This school-based prospective cohort study was performed on children from 42 elementary schools and 17 middle schools in Ti...