What does this source bring?
In the DIMS RCT, the average axis extension over the 2 years was 0,21 mm compared to 0,55 mm with single vision lenses.
Study of the specific design of DIMS ; 160 children completed follow-up. Online 2019, volume of 2020 magazine. It does not prove that all defocus glasses work.
CLAIM-DIMSScope of testing and verification
- The role of the record
- Source of the claim
- Population
- Chinese children 8–13 years old
- N
- 183
- Geography
- Hong Kong
- Observation (months)
- 24
- Comparator
- Single vision glasses
- Result
- In the DIMS RCT, the average axis extension over the 2 years was 0,21 mm compared to 0,55 mm with single vision lenses.
- Safety
- This record does not allow estimation of the frequency of rare adverse events.
- Device/structure
- DIMS ; the structure studied in the publication by Lam et al.
- Publisher of the publication
- BMJ
- Financing
- Hoya Corporation (Crossref metadata; may not include all forms of support).
- Conflicts of interest
- Not determined within the proven range. The absence of confirmation does not mean the absence of conflict.
- DOI
- 10.1136 /bjophthalmol- 2018-313739
- PMID
- 31142465
- What was checked
- Bibliographic metadata and abstract in Europe PMC / PubMed; Crossref metadata
- Date of verification
- 2026-09-09
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