A Study on Refractive Errors Among the School Children of Guwahati City
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Introduction: Refractive error is one of the commonest causes of visual impairment around the world. Undetected and uncorrected refractive errors are particularly a significant problem in school children. With these rationales this study has been undertaken in schools of Guwahati city with the objective to assess the magnitude of refractive error and assess the degree of myopia among school-going children of Guwahati city of Assam, India, Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in schools of Guwahati city from May 2014 to April 2015. Sample size was calculated to be 400. The 6 to16 years children of selected schools of Guwahati City who were present on the day of the interview were interviewed and examined. Snellen chart, pinhole, a trial box, a trial frame, self illuminated vision box and streak Retinoscope were used to detect refractive error. MS excel package and SPSS11.5 software was use for analysis. Results: Prevalence of refractive errors was 23.5%. Myopia was the major refractive error (81.92%) among total refractive errors, followed by astigmatism (14.89%) and hypermetropia (3.19 %). Majority of the myopic children were of low degree myopia. (89.61%). Study reveals that only 24.47% students were already wearing spectacleswhere asremaining 75.53 % of students are unaware about their problems. Conclusion: refractive error was a significant cause of visual impairment among school children and screening of school children plays a major role in detecting refractive errors.
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Kabindra Deva Sarma, Mousumi Krishnatreya
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