- ►nih.gov A Fotouhi, H Hashemi, B Raissi, K … - British Medical Journal, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Results: The need for spectacles in the studied population, standardised for age
and sex, was 14.1% (95% confidence interval (CI), 12.8% to 15.4%). This need was
met with appropriate spectacles in 416 people (9.3% of the total sample), ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►iovs.org RRA Bourne, BP Dineen, DMN Huq, SM Ali, … - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2004 - ARVO RESULTS. Of the 11,624 subjects examined, 2,469 (22.1%) were myopes (less than
-0.5 D) and 2,308 (20.6%) hyperopes (more than +0.5 D). The spectacle coverage
percentage, calculated as [met need/(met need + unmet need) x 100%] was ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
J Ramke, R du Toit, A Palagyi, G Brian, T … - British Medical Journal, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Page 1. doi:10.1136/bjo.2006.110502 2007;91;860-866 Br. J. Ophthalmol. J
Ramke, R du Toit, A Palagyi, G Brian and T Naduvilath Timor ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►ijo.in R Dandona, L Dandona, V Kovai, P Giridhar, … - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - Medknow Various aspects of the study design of APEDS have been described
previously.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In brief, the major difference between the
urban and rural sampling was that the former was selected from blocks ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JN Garap, S Sheeladevi, BR Shamanna, PK … - Clinical &# 38; Experimental Ophthalmology, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com The identification and treatment of refractive error and cataract need to be
priorities for eye health services in Papua New Guinea if the burden of vision
impairment and blindness is to be diminished. The education of community ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
J Ramke, A Palagyi, T Naduvilath, R du Toit, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Of 1470 people enumerated, 1414 (96.2%) were examined. The age, gender
and domicile-adjusted prevalence of functional blindness (presenting vision
worse than 6/60 in the better eye) was 7.4% (95% CI 6.1 to 8.8), and for ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►bmj.com R Maini, J Keeffe, LA Weih, CA McCarty, HR … - British Medical Journal, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com The VIP found that 10% of participants in the project had undercorrected
refractive error improvable by one or more lines of visual acuity on refraction,
14 and the risk for this increased by a factor of 1.8 for each decade of ... Cited by 19 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►nih.gov S Lewallen, R Geneau, M Mahande, J … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Conclusion: There were significant differences in the expressed willingness to
pay between Iringa and Kilimanjaro patients, which may reflect differences in
the services provided in the regions. Willingness to pay may increase as ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Ramke, C Williams, J Ximenes, D Ximenes, A … - Community Eye Health, 2007 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Refractive error is a leading cause of low vision in low-resource settings 1 , 2
and its correction is now a priority of VISION 2020. However, spectacles are not
included on most essential medicines and supplies lists, and schemes to ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Ramke, R du Toit, G Brian - Clinical &# 38; Experimental Ophthalmology, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com If the scheme to Tuvalu is typical, refractive error will remain largely
uncorrected if only donated recycled spectacles are available. No amount of
efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery chain can justify the output ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
