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The study aims to assess the prevalence of NVI and spectacle coverage among those aged \u226540\u00a0years in south Indian state of Telangana.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>Population\u2010based cross\u2010sectional study using a rapid assessment methodology.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Five thousand one hundred forty participants enumerated from 123 clusters in two districts and have presenting distance visual acuity of \u22656\/18 in the better eye.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Presenting near vision was assessed binocularly at a fixed distance of 40\u00a0cm using a log MAR chart with tumbling E optotypes in ambient lighting conditions. If the presenting near vision was worse than 6\/12 (log MAR 0.3), then it was re\u2010assessed with addition lens appropriate to the age. NVI was defined as binocular presenting near vision worse than 6\/12.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Prevalence of NVI and spectacle coverage.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The mean age of the participants was 51.1\u00a0years (standard deviation: 9.3\u00a0years), and 46.5% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a02392) were women. About 80% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a04142) of them had no education, and 21.9% (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a01126) were using spectacles for near vision. Nearly half of the participants were from Adilabad district (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a02665). The prevalence of NVI was 58.3% (95% confidence interval: 56.9\u201359.6). NVI was associated with older age groups, male gender and no education. The spectacle coverage was 26.5%.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>NVI is common in rural Telangana with low spectacle coverage. 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