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http://dx.doi.org/10.17337/JMBI.2018.20.4.579

Analysis of the Eyeglasses Supply System for Ametropes in ROK Military  

Jin, Yong-Gab (EYE WORLD OPTIC)
Koo, Bon-Yeop (Department of optometry, Graduate school of Eulji university)
Lee, Woo-Chul (Department of medical engineering, Eulji university)
Yoon, Moon-Soo (Department of international public health, Yonsei university)
Park, Jin-Tae (Department of material management, Ministry of national defense)
Lee, Hang-Seok (Department of optometry, Graduate school of Eulji university)
Lee, Kyo-Eun (Department of optometry, Graduate school of health science, Eulji university)
Leem, Hyun-Sung (Department of optometry, Eulji university)
Jang, Jae-Young (Department of optometry, Eulji university)
Mah, Ki-Choong (Department of optometry, Eulji university)
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The Korean Journal of Vision Science / v.20, no.4, 2018 , pp. 579-588 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose : To analyze the eyeglasses supply system for ametropic soldiers in ROK military. Methods : We investigated and analyzed the supply system of eyeglasses for the ametropic soldiers provided by the Korean military. The refractive powers and corrected visual acuity were measured for 37 ametropic soldiers who wear insert glasses for ballistic protective and gas-masks supplied by the military based on their habitual prescriptions. Full correction of refractive error was prescribed for subjects having less than 1.0 of distance visual acuity, and comparison was held for inspecting the changes in corrected visual acuity. Suggestions were provided for solving the issues regarding current supplying system, and this study investigated the applicabilities for utilizing professional optometric manpower. Results : The new glasses supplied by army for ametropic soldiers were duplicated from the glasses they worn when entering the army. The spherical equivalent refractive powers of the conventional, ballistic protective and gas-mask insert glasses supplied for 37 ametropic soldiers were $-3.47{\pm}1.69D$, $-3.52{\pm}1.66D$ and $-3.55{\pm}1.63D$, respectively, and the spherical equivalent refractive power of full corrected glasses was $-3.79{\pm}1.66D$, which showed a significant difference(p<0.05). The distant corrected visual acuity measured at high and low contrast(logMAR) of conventional, ballistic protective and gas-mask insert glasses were $0.06{\pm}0.80$, $0.21{\pm}0.82$, $0.15{\pm}0.74$, $0.34{\pm}0.89$, $0.10{\pm}0.70$ and $0.22{\pm}0.27$, respectively, while the corrected visual acuity by full corrected glasses were increased to $0.02{\pm}1.05$, $0.10{\pm}0.07$, $0.09{\pm}0.92$, $0.26{\pm}0.10$, $0.04{\pm}1.00$ and $0.19{\pm}1.00$, respectively. There was a significant difference(p<0.05) except for the case of the low contrast corrected visual acuity of the conventional and gas-mask insert glasses. The procedure for ordering, dispensing, and supplying military glasses consists of 5 steps, and it was found that approximately two weeks or more are required to supply from the initial examination. Conclusion : The procedure of supplying the military glasses showed three issues: 1) a lack of refraction for prescription system, 2) relatively long length of time required for supplying the glasses, 3) an inaccurate power of supplied glasses. In order to solve those issues, in the short term, education is necessarily required for soldiers on the measurement of the refractive powers, and in the near future, further standard procedures for prescription of glasses as well as the securement of optometric manpower are expected.
Keywords
Ametropic soldiers; Military supplied glasses; Ballistic protective insert glasses; Gas-mask insert glasses;
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