Prevalence of Refractive Errors in Primary School Children

Prevalence of Refractive Errors in Primary School Children in The New Valley

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05781997

Enrollment

500

Registered

2023-03-23

Start date

2023-05-01

Completion date

2023-09-30

Last updated

2023-03-23

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Conditions

Refractive Errors

Brief summary

The study aim to determine the prevalence of refractive errors in primary school children aged 6-12 in The New Valley , Egypt .

Detailed description

The refractive state of the eye changes as the eye's axial length increases and the cornea and lens flattens. In general, eyes are hyperopic at birth, and become slightly more hyperopic until the age of 7, at this point we see a myopic shift toward Plano until the eyes reach their adult dimensions, usually by about the age of 16.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTcycloplegic refraction

Cycloplegic autorefraction will be attempted on all children using a table-mounted autorefractor . Cycloplegia will be achieved with three drops of 1% cyclopentolate administered 5 min apart and autorefractive measurements will be performed 30 min after the instillation of the last drop. Auto refraction readings of three consecutive measurements will be obtained and the average will be computed automatically in each eye. Each child will be reexamined until three measurements fell within 0.50 diopters (D) if any two measurements varied by \>0.50D.

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

6 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Age: 6 -12-year-old Myopia :- 0.5 D to -10D Hypermetropia: 1 D to 8 D Astigmatism: 0 to 6 D Distance correction: 0.1 logs MAR (20/25 ) or better

Exclusion criteria

Retinopathy, Prematurity, history of genetic disease, connective tissue diseases (e.g. Stickler or Marfan syndromes, any ocular diseases, Glaucoma, Cataract, Squint.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
prevalence of refractive error in primary school children	baseline	determine the prevalence of refractive error in primary school children aged 6-12 in New Valley, Egypt .

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Degree of Visual aquity improvement of children.	Baseline	We need to measure : 1-Degree of improvement of visual aquity among those children . 2 - Acceptence of the parents and children to wear spectecles among those population .

Contacts

Primary ContactDoaa An Mohamed, M.B.B.CH

doaa2nwr@gmail.com01211544543

Backup ContactDoaa An Mohammed, Resident