Effect of Increasing Time Spent Outdoors on Myopia Prevention in School-Aged Children in Northeast China

NCT ID: NCT02271373

Last Updated: 2014-10-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3521 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-11-30

Study Completion Date

2014-02-28

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to develop a school-based intervention aimed at prevent the onset and development of myopia among school aged children by increasing time spent outdoors in northeast China.

Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is to develop a school-based intervention aimed at prevent the onset and development of myopia among school aged children by increasing time spent outdoors among elementary and secondary school students in northeast China. It is expected that the results will provide evidences for policy-makers and school healthcare providers for their school children myopia prevention.

Conditions

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Myopia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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intervention group

The intervention group undertook interventions by increasing time spent outdoors. The interventions composed of performing two additional recess program lasting 30 minutes outside the classroom that encouraged children to go outside for outdoor activities during recess in both the morning and afternoon during school days within a intervention period of 1 school year.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

increasing time spent outdoors

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention group undertook interventions by increasing time spent outdoors. The interventions composed of performing two additional recess program lasting 30 minutes outside the classroom that encouraged children to go outside for outdoor activities during recess in both the morning and afternoon during school days within a intervention period of 1 school year.

control group

The control school did not have any interventions.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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increasing time spent outdoors

The intervention group undertook interventions by increasing time spent outdoors. The interventions composed of performing two additional recess program lasting 30 minutes outside the classroom that encouraged children to go outside for outdoor activities during recess in both the morning and afternoon during school days within a intervention period of 1 school year.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Grade of 1 to 5 in elementary schools and grade of 7 to 8 in secondary schools.

Exclusion Criteria

* Visual defect or other eye diseases; wearing orthokeratology; refractive surgery history.
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Anhui Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fangbiao Tao

Dean of School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fangbiao Tao, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Department of Maternal, Child and Maternal Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University

References

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Jin JX, Hua WJ, Jiang X, Wu XY, Yang JW, Gao GP, Fang Y, Pei CL, Wang S, Zhang JZ, Tao LM, Tao FB. Effect of outdoor activity on myopia onset and progression in school-aged children in northeast China: the Sujiatun Eye Care Study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul 9;15:73. doi: 10.1186/s12886-015-0052-9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26152123 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2013001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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