Van Newkirk M R, McCarty C A, Martone J F, Lam C S, Taylor H R
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 1998 Jun;5(2):57-67. doi: 10.1076/opep.5.2.57.1576.
The Hong Kong Vision Study (HKVS) was a pilot study to collect data on the prevalence of eye diseases and risk factors in Hong Kong using methodology comparable to that developed in America and Australia.
The main goal was: to evaluate the application of the methodology in a different culture and language; and to determine the prevalence and risk factors of eye diseases in order to design a larger study of an ethnic Chinese population.
This study was patterned after the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project using the Chinese language in data collection and examinations.
Well-designed methodology is transferable to different cultures, languages and continents. Use of similar methodology will enable better comparisons and analyses to be made from population-based data.
香港视力研究（HKVS）是一项试点研究，旨在使用与美国和澳大利亚所开发方法类似的方法，收集香港眼病患病率及风险因素的数据。
主要目标是：评估该方法在不同文化和语言环境中的应用；确定眼病的患病率及风险因素，以便设计一项针对华裔人群的更大规模研究。
本研究仿照墨尔本视力损害项目，在数据收集和检查中使用中文。
精心设计的方法可应用于不同文化、语言和大陆地区。使用类似方法将有助于对基于人群的数据进行更好的比较和分析。
