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Table 2 Eye wear use in 5th and 10th grade

From: Laboured reading and musculoskeletal pain in school children - the role of lifestyle behaviour and eye wear: a cross-sectional study

  

5th grade (10–11 year)

10th grade (15–16 year)

Girls (n = 27)

n (%)

Boys (n = 24)

n (%)

Girls (n = 75)

n (%)

Boys (n = 66)

n (%)

Glasses / contact lenses

Total

14 (52)

7 (29)

24 (32)

15 (23)

All day wear

5 (19)

4 (17)

9 (12)

10 (15)

Only for distance

2 (7)

1 (4)

4 (5)

2 (3)

Only for near*

6 (22)

2 (8)

11 (15)

3 (5)

Non-compliancea

 

1 (4)

1 (4)

11 (15)

4 (6)

  1. Distance: TV, cinema, blackboard. Near: Reading, writing, screen use. aA total of 17 children reported they had been recommended to wear glasses or contact lenses, based on a previous eye examination with an authorized optometrist, but they did not follow the recommendations. *Overall, significantly more girls wore glasses for near work compared with boys at p < 0.05
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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