Open Access<p>Near Vision Spectacle Coverage and Associated Factors Among Adults Living in Finote Selam Town, Northwest Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Sofonias Addis Fekadu,
Abel Sinshaw Assem,
Yitayeh Belsti
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1177-5483
pISSN - 1177-5467
DOI - 10.2147/opth.s278262
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , spectacle , logistic regression , cross sectional study , demography , visual acuity , descriptive statistics , stratified sampling , optometry , ophthalmology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology , economics , market economy
Near visual impairment leads to difficulty with near tasks at a working distance (40 centimeters) when near visual acuity is 6/12 (N8) or worse. High cost is the main barrier reported for low near vision spectacle coverage.