ReviewInternational journal of ophthalmology2019
Visual problems: a review of prevalence studies on visual impairment in school-age children.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.
- Compliance with post-school vision screening referral: a systematic review.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2026Pooled it
- Community-based paediatric eye care in low- and middle-income countries: bridging the gap between policy and practice.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Review
- Prevalence of visual impairment and associated risk factors: a cross-sectional community-based study among children and adolescents in Ghana.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and causes of vision impairment in East Africa: A narrative review.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Review
- Prevalence and associated risk factors of visual impairment in school children: mHealth-based vision screening in government schools of Rawalpindi, Pakistan.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Translation of the Children's Visual Function Quality of Life instrument from English to Sepedi.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2025Article
- Unilateral visual impairment and blindness in school children - prevalence and aetiology in Saki-East LGA of Oyo State, Nigeria.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- The Prevalence and Risk Factors of Abnormal Vision Among Preschool Children.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2024Article
- The role of parental health beliefs in seeking an eye examination for their child.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Paediatric vision screening in Urban Lhasa from the Tibetan Plateau of Southwest China.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Citation Network Analysis on the Influence of Vision on Academic Performance.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Prevalence of refractive errors in children of Puerto Rico.International journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Prescribing patterns of low vision devices in patients with cone-related dystrophies.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Prevalence and causes of visual impairment amongst hearing impaired school-going children in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.African health sciences · 2022Article
- Childhood Vision Impairment and Refractive Error in Zimbabwe: A Hospital-based Retrospective Study.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2022Article
- Pattern and prevalence of eye disorders and diseases in school-aged children: findings from the Nationwide School Sight Sampling Survey in Armenia.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Visual Function Score: A New Clinical Tool to Assess Visual Function and Detect Visual Disorders in Children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Pinhole does not increase screening accuracy of detecting decreased best corrected visual acuity in schoolchildren.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- The Prevalence of Visual Impairment and Refractive Errors among a Youth Population in Mozambique: Evidence of the Need for Intervention.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Childhood visual impairment (VI) have a significant impact on the educational achievement, career choices and social life of affected individual, and in children, is mainly due to either preventable or treatable causes. Reliable data on the prevalence and causes of VI in children will guide the development of a systematic vision screening program for its early detection and successful treatment of possible causes. The purpose of this literature review is to summarize the available data on prevalence and causes of VI in school-age children from various regions globally. A discussion on the major findings highlighting the definition criteria, classifications and limitations for further studies is also presented.
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