Durr Nicholas J, Dave Shivang R, Lage Eduardo, Marcos Susana, Thorn Frank, Lim Daryl
Madrid-MIT M+Visión Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139; email:
Annu Rev Biomed Eng. 2014 Jul 11;16:131-53. doi: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071813-105216. Epub 2014 Jun 2.
Worldwide, more than one billion people suffer from poor vision because they do not have the eyeglasses they need. Their uncorrected refractive errors are a major cause of global disability and drastically reduce productivity, educational opportunities, and overall quality of life. The problem persists most prevalently in low-resource settings, even though prescription eyeglasses serve as a simple, effective, and largely affordable solution. In this review, we discuss barriers to obtaining, and approaches for providing, refractive eye care. We also highlight emerging technologies that are being developed to increase the accessibility of eye care. Finally, we describe opportunities that exist for engineers to develop new solutions to positively impact the diagnosis and treatment of correctable refractive errors in low-resource settings.
在全球范围内，超过10亿人视力不佳，原因是他们没有所需的眼镜。他们未经矫正的屈光不正问题是全球残疾的主要原因，大幅降低了生产力、教育机会和整体生活质量。尽管处方眼镜是一种简单、有效且基本负担得起的解决方案，但这个问题在资源匮乏地区最为普遍。在这篇综述中，我们讨论了获得屈光眼科护理的障碍以及提供此类护理的方法。我们还强调了正在开发的新兴技术，这些技术旨在提高眼科护理的可及性。最后，我们描述了工程师开发新解决方案以积极影响资源匮乏地区可矫正屈光不正的诊断和治疗的机会。
