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

NCT02271373 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3521

Last updated 2014-10-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Myopia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Anhui Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fangbiao Tao, PhD · Department of Maternal, Child and Maternal Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2014-02-28

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