A method for the prescription of inexpensive spectacles by non-specialist healthcare workers: S-Glasses.
Affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland. Max@Treacy.ieIssue Date
2013-04MeSH
AgedAged, 80 and over
Astigmatism
Eyeglasses
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Prescriptions
Prospective Studies
Visual Acuity
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A method for the prescription of inexpensive spectacles by non-specialist healthcare workers: S-Glasses. 2013, 27 (4):474-9 Eye (Lond)Journal
Eye (London, England)DOI
10.1038/eye.2012.286PubMed ID
23306732Abstract
Globally, 153 million people are visually impaired from uncorrected refractive error. The aim of this research was to verify a method whereby autorefractors could be used by non-specialist health-workers to prescribe spectacles, which used a small stock of preformed lenses that fit frames with standardised apertures. These spectacles were named S-Glasses (Smart Glasses).Item Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1476-5454ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1038/eye.2012.286