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. 2025 Jun 20;6(6):CD016285.
doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD016285.

Optical interventions for presbyopia

Dawn Lam  1 , Manbir Nagra  2 , Langis Michaud  3 , Chukwuemeka Junior Obinwanne  4 , Matthew Orgill  5 , Jason Koschmeder  6 , Bernadine N Ekpenyong  7 , Rehana Khan  8 , Sueko M Ng  9 , Erin S Tomiyama  1
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Optical interventions for presbyopia

Dawn Lam et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. .

Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: To evaluate the relative benefits and harms of optical interventions for people with presbyopia.

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Conflict of interest statement

DL: employee of Marshall B. Ketchum University. No commercial or non‐commercial conflicts of interest relevant to this review. MN: employee of Mark Allen Group. Contracted to Coopervision. Honorary contract Vision and Eye Research Institute, ARU. Related to the content of this review: consultancy fees from Menicon, honorarium NCC, related work was undertaken for BCLA and IACLE. BNE: employee of University of Calabar, Nigeria. No commercial or non‐commercial conflicts of interest relevant to this review. RK: no commercial or non‐commercial conflicts of interest relevant to this review. JK: partner at Eye Associates of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM). Adjunct clinical professor at Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry. No commercial or non‐commercial conflicts of interest relevant to this review. LM: employee of Université de Montréal (Montréal, Québec). Related to the content of this review: honorarium received as a speaker from Johnson & Johnson, Bausch and Lomb. Travel grant from Cooper Vision. Research funds from Neurolens, Bausch and Lomb. MO: employee of Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. No commercial or non‐commercial conflicts of interest relevant to this review. CO: employee of De Lens Ophthalmics Eye Center, Abuja Nigeria. Related to the content of this review: travel grant from CooperVision Inc. SMN: reports a grant from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA (payment to the institution). SN is a Cochrane Eyes and Vision methodologist but was not involved in the editorial process for this review. EST: employee of Marshall B. Ketchum University. No commercial or non‐commercial conflicts of interest relevant to this review.

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