Cochrane Review: Spectacle correction versus no spectacles for prevention of strabismus in hyperopic children

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# Spectacle correction versus no spectacles for prevention of strabismus in hyperopic children. ## BACKGROUND Hyperopia in infancy requires accommodative effort to bring images into focus. Prolonged accommodative effort has been associated with an increased risk of strabismus. Strabismus may result in asthenopia and intermittent diplopia, and makes near work tasks difficult to complete. Spectacles to correct hyperopic refractive error is believed to prevent the development of strabismus. ## O

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; Embase.com; three other databases; and two trial registries. We used no date or language restrictions in the electronic search for trials. We last searched the electronic databases on 4 December 2018. ## SELECTION CRITERIA We included randomized controlled trials and quasi-randomized trials inve...

ange in refractive error as a measurement of the interference of emmetropization. ## MAIN RESULTS We identified four randomized controlled trials (985 children enrolled who were aged six months to less than 36 months) in this review. Three trials were in the UK with follow-up periods ranging from ...

the proportion of children with strabismus at the end of three years' follow-up, we found a similar level of evidence for an effect of spectacles on strabismus as reported in one study (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.31 to 3.25; 106 children). We have very low confidence in these results because of low sample si...

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