The purpose of the study is to determine whether contact lens wear will improve children's self-perceptions more than spectacle wear.
Eight to eleven year old children will be randomly assigned to wear spectacles or soft contact lenses. The children's self-perceptions will be measured at baseline and every six months. We will compare the change in self-perception between spectacle and soft contact lens wearers over three years. We will also examine the effect of how much children initially like or dislike to wear glasses on the change in self-perception over three years.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
484
Daily wear soft contact lenses disposed of daily or biweekly
Spectacles for the treatment of myopia
New England College of Optometry
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Ohio State University College of Optometry
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Pacific University College of Optometry
Forest Grove, Oregon, United States
Southern College of Optometry
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Global Self-Worth Scale from the Self-Perception Profile for Children
Time frame: 3 years
Five other scales from the Self-Perception Profile for Children
Time frame: 3 years
Change in cycloplegic autorefraction
Time frame: 3 years
Change in axial length, measured by A-scan ultrasound
Time frame: 3 years
Change in corneal curvature, measured by Grand Seiko WR-5100K autokeratometer
Time frame: 3 years
Change in Overall score from the Pediatric Refractive Error Profile
Time frame: 3 years
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University of Houston College of Optometry
Houston, Texas, United States