Kathryn Aylward, Laura Sbaffi, Anne Weist
Peer-led information literacy training: a qualitative study of students' experiences of the NICE Evidence search Student Champion Scheme
Health information and libraries journal
study evaluated incidence rate risk factors developing myopia elementary school students chiayi taiwan prospective cohort study comprised 1816 students without myopia grades 1 5 chiayi county students underwent noncycloplegic ocular alignment examinations using autorefractometer completed questionnaires baseline 1year followup univariate logistic regression used assess effects categorical variables new cases myopia multinomial logistic regression conducted chisquared test used compare new cases myopia terms ocular alignment cox hazard ratio model used validate factors associated changes ocular alignment p value 05 considered significant 370 participants new cases myopia 1816 participants spherical error 151 06 diopters noted followup baseline ocular alignment significant risk factor developing myopia exophoria vs orthophoria 126 95 ci 097162 vs orthophoria 115 95 ci 073182 however new cases myopia hr 136 95 ci 114161 baseline ocular alignment exophoria vs orthophoria hr 376 95 ci 320442 vs orthophoria hr 302 95 ci 205445 associated exophoria followup study provided epidemiological data incidence myopia elementary school students chiayi taiwan also demonstrated physiological exophoria predispose patients developing myopia