Vision rehabilitation of low vision children aged6 to 14 years old by treatment of refractive correction and wearing of visual aids

  Objective  To analyze the visual rehabilitation of low vision children aged 6 to 14 years old by treatment of refractive correction and wearing of visual aids.

  Methods  The clinical materials of 163 children with low vision analyzed retrospectively. All the children received refractive correction and wore visual aids after eye examination. Visual rehabilitation condition was observed.

  Results  In the children with low vision, the rate of myopia was 44.78% (73/163), the hyperopia rate was 44.17% (72/163), and the ratio of blind eye was 11.05% (18/163). The reduction rates of blindness and disability in children with simple refractive correction were significantly lower than those in children with refractive correction and wearing of visual aids (P < 0.05). The reduction rate of disability in children with grade 3 and 4 of low vision was significantly higher than that of children with grade 1 and 2 of low vision (P < 0.05).

  Conclusion  Refractive correction combined with wearing of visual aids has a positive role in treating low vision children aged 6 to 14 years old, and the visual rehabilitation effect is directly proportional to residual visual acuity.