Prevalence of Vision Problems Among School-Entering Children and Association with Socio-Demographic Characteristics: An Iranian Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
The present study identified socio-demographic predictors of having vision disorder among school-entering children based on information provided by their parents. Although vision health screening is carried out as part of the health assessment program for children upon entering school in Iran, high-risk individuals should not to postpone their children's vision examinations until they enter school and should have eye examinations at a younger age.
Authors
- Elham Kakavand
- Mark Damian Griffiths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524)
- Zainab Alimoradi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5327-2411)
- Aghil Khaleghi
- Hadi Moradi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4916-9408)
- Elahe Jafari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2553-8192)
- Mehran Alijanzadeh
- Fahimeh Karimi
- B Amini
- Mojgan Abbasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8977-8326)
- Roghayeh Vaydar
- Ozra Allahverdilo
- Syedeh Maryam Mirfakhar
- Azar Zolfali
Institutions
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Qazvin University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ophthalmic Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-04-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2025.2484757
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00