SOHES Press release: Eyeglasses Can Improve Quality of Life for High School Kids with Vision Problems. Demonstration from Kakamega County, Kenya

SOHE Press Release

Press Release: Eyeglasses Can Improve Quality of Life for High School Kids with Vision Problems. Demonstration from Kakamega County, Kenya Kakamega County, Kenya - A groundbreaking study has revealed that providing glasses to students with untreated vision problems dramatically improved their everyday lives. A team of researchers from Kenya and South Africa have shown the transformative power of corrective eyewear on quality of life for school-age children. The study, carried out on randomly selected high school students in Kakamega County, Kenya underscored the challenges faced by children with uncorrected vision issues. Such obstacles significantly impacted the quality of life for the young students. Fortunately, this study provided a glimmer of hope. When these students were provided with corrective glasses, they experienced remarkable improvements in their day-to-day lives. The simple act of providing eyeglasses led to better quality of life scores when compared to students....Read Full Article:  https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/abstract/9900/utility_for_uncorrected_refractive_errors_in.142.aspx#

 
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