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NCT Number: NCT02082743

Vision Care Intervention for Lower Grade School Children in Taiwan

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Myopia Eye Diseases Outdoor Activity Policy of Recess Outside Classroom Refractive Errors

Age range

6 year–7 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

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

Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All the students in Grade 1

Exclusion criteria

No

Treatment and study plan

Outdoor activity in recess time

Behavioral

Outdoor activity in recess time

Primary outcomes

  1. Cycloplegic refraction

    Time frame: 1 year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Axial length

    Time frame: 1 year

Other outcomes

  1. data from light meter recorder

    Time frame: 1 week

  2. questionnaire

    Time frame: 1 week

    Children and their parents report how many hours per week in near work (such as reading, computer game, learning and practicing violin or piano) and outdoor activities

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Other

Collaborators

  • Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan

Registry information

Official study title

Intervention Program for Vision Care in Lower Grade Schoolchildren

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Mar 10, 2014
Registry last updated
Aug 7, 2015

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