Open AccessRefractive Error of Students (15- to 18-year-olds) in Northwest Mexico
Author(s) -
Emiliano Terán,
Rosalía Ramírez-Jaime,
Carlos Martínez-Gaytán,
Efraín Romo-García,
Francisco M. Costela
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
optometry and vision science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1538-9235
pISSN - 1040-5488
DOI - 10.1097/opx.0000000000001779
Subject(s) - refractive error , confidence interval , astigmatism , retinoscopy , optometry , medicine , visual acuity , visual impairment , subjective refraction , ophthalmology , optics , physics , psychiatry
We assessed the prevalence of refractive error in a sample of children of Northern Mexico using the Refractive Error Study in Children protocol of the World Health Organization, which allows for the comparison with other global studies.