Abstract

Introduction: The world is colorful, the appreciation of color is very essential for our smooth daily activities. Significant number of peoples suffers from color vision defect but most of the time it remains an unnoticed problem. Objectives: To study the prevalence, “Gender difference” and involvement of “Ethnicity” factor in Colour vision defects among medical students. Materials and Method: Includes 100 Indian medical students from Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), Belagavi and 100 Malaysian medical students of USM-KLE, International Medical Programme (USM-KLE) Belagavi, of all the five phases, who were tested for presence of Colour vision defects with the help of Ishihara’s Pseudoisochromatic chart and Edridge Green Lantern test. Result: Showed that, in BIMS medical students out of 100, 0% of the students were colour deficient, whereas in USM-KLE medical students out of 100, 2% of male medical students showed Green colour blindness. Statistical Analysis: Done by using Chi-square test. Conclusion: The study concludes that, the prevalence of Colour vision defects was, 2% of male medical students of USM-KLE had Green colour blindness, indicating that males are more affected than females, which could be due to genetic predisposition, ethnic variations, congenital and acquired colour vision defects.

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