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Eye doctors regularly convey serious illness news to their patients. There is an evolving understanding of how medical educators can effectively teach this vital communication skill during real-time patient care. This article proposes …
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Eye doctors regularly convey serious illness news to their patients. There is an evolving understanding of how medical educators can effectively teach this vital communication skill during real-time patient care. This article proposes …
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This article reviews educational standard, clinical practice, research advances, and challenges associated with optometry in Nepal and provides critical considerations for contemporary and new optometry programs in countries with simil…
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This article reviews educational standard, clinical practice, research advances, and challenges associated with optometry in Nepal and provides critical considerations for contemporary and new optometry programs in countries with simil…
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Visual acuity may be limited after endothelial keratoplasty in Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy. This may be due to increased anterior high-order aberrations that persist after endothelial keratoplasty. It is not clear at what stag…
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Visual acuity may be limited after endothelial keratoplasty in Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy. This may be due to increased anterior high-order aberrations that persist after endothelial keratoplasty. It is not clear at what stag…
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As the myopia epidemic unfolds, there is growing urgency to identify and implement effective interventions to slow myopia progression. This investigation evaluated the effectiveness of an evidence-based myopia treatment algorithm in a …
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These data demonstrate that defocus incorporated multiple segment (DIMS) lens reduces myopia progression in children during the first year of use.
PURPOSE
This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of DIMS myopia control spectacle lens in Chinese myopic children aged 6 to 15 years.
METHODS
This is a retrospective study of 1-year longitudinal data. A total of 180 Chinese myopic children were selected from patients at Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, from February 2018 to January 2021. One group consisted of 90 children aged 6 to 15 years, with spherical equivalent refraction −0.50 to −7.75 D (−3.82 ± 1.57 D) and fitted with the DIMS lens. The other group consisted of 90 children fitted with single-vision spectacle lenses and matched with the DIMS group for age, sex, refraction, and progression of myopia in the previous year. One-year myopia progression was measured retrospectively in two groups. Unpaired t test was used to compare the myopia progression between the DIMS group and the control group. Pearson correlation was used to explore the relationship between myopia progression, age, and baseline refraction.
RESULTS
After 1 year of DIMS lens wear, myopia progression was significantly lower in the DIMS group (−0.51 ± 0.50 vs. −0.85 ± 0.51 D, P
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Relationship between intraocular pressure (IOP) change and central corneal curvature is complicated by measurement techniques and corneal biomechanical parameters. Findings from this study indicate that it is worthwhile to observe the …