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Suemaru, Junko
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Abstract | The aim of this study is to clarify visual symptoms and compliance with spectacle wear in children kusing progressive addition lenses (PALs). Ninety-two children, participating in a randomized, doublemasked, crossover trial to determine whether PALs reduce myopia progression (mean+/-SD age: 11.0+/-1.6 years; refractive errors: 3.11+/-1.34 D), wore PALs (1.50 D near addition) or single vision lenses (SVLs) for 18 months, alternately. A questionnaire survey was performed 6 and 12 months after the beginning of the use of the lenses (6-month survey), and the results were compared between PAL- and SVL-wearing periods. In the PAL-wearing period, the children reported difficulty in adapting to newly provided spectacles (36%), disturbances in distance vision (22%), vertigo in the lateral gaze (11%), and difficulty in ascending and descending stairs (9%). However, the frequency of these symptoms was not significantly different from that reported in the SVL-wearing period. There was no difference in compliance with spectacle wear between the PAL- and SVL-wearing periods, and 98% of the children wearing PALs reported excellent compliance. The results of this study indicate that, compared with SVLs, the PALs provide a similar level of comfort and compliance with spectacle wear for myopic children. |
Keywords | questionnaire survey
myopic children
progressive addition lenses
double-masked study
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Amo Type | Original Article
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 2008-04
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Volume | volume62
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Issue | issue2
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 109
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End Page | 117
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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File Version | publisher
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True
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