Non-compliance for wearing spectacles: Prevalence and determinants in school-going children in South India.

Compliance with spectacle wear is less even when spectacles are provided free of cost, particularly in children among the age group of 5-15 years. Because factors such as type of school, area (urban or rural), parent's income, occupation, and their education were not significantly affecting the compliance of spectacle wear, proper encouragement and counseling of the parents and the child become extremely important.