Visual problems in Hong Kong primary school children

Marion Edwards; Keng Hung Maurice Yap

doi:10.1111/j.1444-0938.1990.tb03103.x

Visual problems in Hong Kong primary school children

Marion Edwards, Keng Hung Maurice Yap

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Abstract

School children in Hong Kong who fail an Education Department vision screening at the age of five or six are referred to eyecare agencies for a full eye examination. Three hundred and ninety‐one consecutive cases seen at the Hong Kong Polytechnic were analysed to obtain a breakdown of the type of refractive errors causing reduced vision among children starting primary school. There was a tendency towards myopia and with‐the‐rule astigmatism. Exotropia was more commonly encountered than was esotropia. Strabismus and amblyopia were predominantly associated with anisometropia and astigmatism. Key words: vision screening, retractive error, primary school children, Chinese, strabismus. Hong Kong

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	58-63
Number of pages	6
Journal	Clinical and Experimental Optometry
Volume	73
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-0938.1990.tb03103.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1990

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Ophthalmology
Optometry

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