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The aim of this study was to assess compliance to free-spectacles provided to children via a door-to-door screening model and to ascertain the reasons for non-compliance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was conducted, including children aged 5\u201318 years, 3\u20136 months after spectacle prescription; vision screeners assessed compliance during unannounced visits via direct observation and parental enquiry. Full compliance was defined when a child was wearing spectacle at the time of visit, taking spectacles to school, and using them for \u22654 hours\/day at home. Qualified compliance was considered if two of the above criteria were met, and non-compliance as one or no criteria met. Parents\u2019 and children\u2019s reasons for non-compliance were recorded using a mixed-type questionnaire, and spectacle quality was assessed. The association of compliance with age, gender, spectacle quality, parental education and occupation, parents\u2019 or siblings\u2019 use of spectacles, uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA), best corrected visual acuity, improvement of VA, and magnitude and type of refractive error was analyzed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 436 children, including 189 (43.3%) males, were included in the study. Full compliance, qualified compliance, and non-compliance were observed in 297 (68.1%), 34 (7.8%), and 105 (24.1%) children, respectively. Common reasons for non-compliance were unsatisfactory vision with the spectacles, dislike for the frames, watering eyes, and headache. Factors affecting compliance included spectacle quality, distance UCVA in the worse eye, father\u2019s education, and mothers\u2019 occupation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Compliance to spectacles in a door-to-door screening model was 76%. 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