Vision Care Intervention for Lower Grade School Children in Taiwan

N/ACompletedNCT02082743

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital1,020 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is making use of school policy- recess outside classroom (ROC7-11) for increasing the time spent outdoor during recess and encouraging children spent time outdoor up to 11 hours in each week to investigate the vision change, myopia onset and progression in these schoolchildren.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,020

Conditions

Myopia Outdoor Activity Policy of Recess Outside Classroom

Interventions

Outdoor activity in recess timeBEHAVIORAL

Outdoor activity in recess time

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 6 YearsMax age: 7 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: All the students in Grade 1 Exclusion Criteria: No

Locations (1)

Department of Ophthamology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung university College of Medicine

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cycloplegic refraction

Time frame: 1 year

Secondary Outcomes

Axial length

Time frame: 1 year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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