Publication date: Sep 18, 2025
To characterize how pediatric screening demographic characteristics changed after the COVID-19 pandemic in children attending Give Kids Sight Day (GKSD), a free vision screening program in Philadelphia. Three data sets were analyzed: (1) prospective survey from guardians attending GKSD 2023, (2) retrospective analysis of GKSD attendee records, and (3) pre-pandemic (2009-2020) GKSD data. A total of 293 children attended GKSD in 2023, and 189 surveys were completed. Compared with pre-pandemic GKSD events, there were more repeat participants (15% to 26% [P
| Concepts | Keywords |
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| Pandemic | Attendees |
| Pediatric | Attending |
| Philadelphia | Care |
| Covid | |
| Day | |
| Eye | |
| Failed | |
| Gksd | |
| Kids | |
| Pandemic | |
| Pre | |
| Refractive | |
| Screening | |
| Sight | |
| Vision |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
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