Study to Determine Etioligy of Myopia in School Going Children In Wardha
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction:Prevalance of myopia is fast rising and has become a significant global public health issue. Many studies correlate environmental factors for the same hence as an endeavour to know more about partially understood topic of etiology of myopia this study was carried out. Materials and Methods:It was a cross sectional study with 500 randomly selected 5-15 year old school going children in wardha who were screened for myopia using vision on Snellen’s chart and dilated retinoscopy.All of them were made to fill questeionnare related to etiology of myopia that we were trying to study and answers of emmetropes were compared with those of myopes. Results:Out of 500 patients 39 percent students had myopia.34.87% spent<1 hr in sun,52.30 spent <3hrs and 12.82 spent <5hours.when compared to data from emmetropes its significantly associated. Near work,wrong posture while performing near work, diet were not significantly associated according to our study.
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Dr Sohan Lohiya, Dr Sana Beg
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