Dr.Sharmila Sundaresan, S21542
Aim To assess compliance of spectacle wear in children with refractive error and to compare best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in those with and without good compliance
Methods: Children < 15 years wearing spectacles for refractive error were included. A questionnaire was administered to assess reasons for noncompliance. Spectacles wear > 50% of waking hours was considered as good compliance.
Results : Hundred children participated in the study. 68 children had good compliance with spectacle wear. 76 % spectacles were prescribed according to AAO guidelines. There was no statistically significant difference in BCVA between the compliant and non compliant groups.
Discussion: Though 1/3 of children were non compliant with spectacle wear, our study showed no difference in the final BCVA between the two groups.
Conclusions: In children with refractive errors, cumulative time of spectacle wear based on age and type of refractive error might be enough to prevent ammetropic amblyopia
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