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Association of refractive error with vision-related quality of life in junior high school students
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: To evaluate the relationship between refractive error and vision-related quality of life in 16-year-old students in Taiwan. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was designed for 16-year junior-high-school students in Taiwan. Myopia was defined as a spherical refractive error (SRE) &l...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602123/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tjo.2015.12.001 |
Sumario: | BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: To evaluate the relationship between refractive error and vision-related quality of life in 16-year-old students in Taiwan. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was designed for 16-year junior-high-school students in Taiwan. Myopia was defined as a spherical refractive error (SRE) < −0.50 D, hyperopia as SRE > +1.0 D, and emmetropia as SRE −0.5–+1.0 D in the better eye. Vision-related quality of life was assessed using the Taiwan Chinese version of the 25-Item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire. RESULTS: Of the 688 participants, 466 (68%) had myopia and 22 (3%) had hyperopia. In logistic-regression models adjusted for gender, parents’ education, family income, and parental refractive error, myopia was an independent risk factor of poorer vision-related quality of life for both near vision (odds ratio 1.73, 95% confidence interval 1.22–2.45) and distance vision (odds ratio 3.11, 95% confidence interval 2.23–4.35). Hyperopia was not associated with near- or distance-vision difficulty. CONCLUSION: In this study population, myopia was associated with difficulties in near and distance vision compared to emmetropia. Further studies are needed to confirm our findings in other populations. |
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