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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmology. 2013 Aug 30;121(1):417–422. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.06.051

Table 4.

Observed and Reported Spectacle Use in Those with Near Vision ≤20/63 Improving to >20/40 with Refraction

Study Site Total No. No. (%) Wearing Spectacles at the Time of Examination No. (%) Including Those Reporting Spectacles Use*
Shunyi 607     4 (0.66) 211 (34.8)
Guangzhou 459 321 (69.9)
Kaski 942 122 (13.0) 279 (29.6)
Madurai 937 175 (18.7) 214 (22.8)
Durban 425 170 (40.0)
Dosso 144   23 (16.0) 24 (16.7)
Los Angeles 147 141 (95.9)
*

Includes those wearing spectacles at the time of the examination and those not bringing glasses to the follow-up examination but reporting that they had glasses and were using them.