Open AccessAssessing the inclusion of primary school children in vision screening for refractive error program of India
Author(s) -
Pooja Shukla,
Praveen Vashist,
Suraj Senjam Singh,
Vivek Gupta,
Nidhi Gupta,
Meenakshi Wadhwani,
Amit Bharadwaj,
L Arora
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1036_17
Subject(s) - medicine , optometry , astigmatism , confidence interval , refractive error , inclusion (mineral) , low vision , subjective refraction , pediatrics , ophthalmology , visual acuity , psychology , social psychology , physics , optics
In India, teachers screen middle school children using the 6/9 Snellen's optotype. Recently, the National Program for Control of Blindness included primary school students also. The present cross-sectional study was planned to assess the inclusion of primary school students. Compliance to spectacles was ascertained after 6 months follow-up.