Abstract:Purpose:
To identify socio-economic, demographic, and clinical factors that may be associated with sibling access to ophthalmic check-up.
Methods:
A cross-sectional, descriptive study investigated children in the age group of 0–15 years under a project on Systematic Pediatric Eye Care Through Sibling Screening Strategies (SPECSSS project). The siblings of pediatric patients (proband) with refractive errors, strabismus, cataract, glaucoma, and retinal pathologies were gi… Show more
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