Vision and refractive status among grade 1 children of the Province of New Brunswick

Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1986 Jul;63(7):545-52. doi: 10.1097/00006324-198607000-00008.

Abstract

A public health program instituted and funded by the Government of the Province of New Brunswick and operated by the Provincial Optometric Association screened 10,464 grade 1 children using a modified clinical technique (MCT). This paper reports the prevalence of refractive and sensory-motor anomalies in large samples of this child population, all of whom were 6 years of age.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Depth Perception
  • Distance Perception
  • Eye Diseases / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening
  • New Brunswick
  • Refraction, Ocular*
  • Strabismus / epidemiology
  • Students
  • Vision Tests
  • Vision, Ocular*
  • Visual Acuity