Pediatric Eye Care Treatment Rates and Community Compliance to a Spectacle Provision Program in an Underserved School District in San Diego, CA.

Parents and school staff represent an essential component of the success of the Eyemobile as they are responsible for arranging exam appointments, completing consent forms, and encouraging spectacle wear and are thus key to establishing and maintaining children's eye care. Statistically significant rates are shown in darker blue and the average rate across all ages is shown with a red line.</td></tr></tbody></table> ht Three of the ten schools demonstrated a significantly higher overall percentage of referred children who completed an exam (72.08%, 72.16%, and 68.51%; p < 0.0001, p = 0.0027, and p = 0.0309, respectively) compared to the mean across all ten schools. Statistically significant rates are shown in darker blue and the average rate across all schools is shown with a red line.</td></tr></tbody></table> ht We found no significant differences in age, gender, or ethnicity in which patients had a higher exam completion rate. [Extracted from the article]