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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2009 Jul 9;116(10):1839–1845. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.04.004

Table 1.

Eligibility Criteria for Participation in Ready-Made Spectacles Trial

Eligibility Criteria Action
Presenting vision 20/40 or worse in better eye Prescribed spectacles if required through ChildSight (Helen Keller International, New York, NY)
Minimum uncorrected spherical refractive error of ±1 diopter
Best corrected distance acuity < 20/25* Referred for further ophthalmologic evaluation
Cylinder power ≥2 D*
Anisometropia (for myopia, sphere difference ≥2 D, for hyperopia, sphere difference ≥1 D*
Other eye disease affecting vision*

D = diopters.

*

Exclusion criteria were based on the protocol of the Childsight screening program where refractive services for complicated cases were not provided directly at schools.