A study on the prevalence of refractive errors among school children of 10-16 years in Surendranagar district, Gujarat

Parmar, Ankita; Kartha, Girija P.; Baria, Manish

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“…Similar observation was made by Sarkar et al and Kumar et al (6)(7) though the figures are higher in our study which could be attributed to ethnic variations and life style. Several other studies have also reported similar finding (8)(9)(10) However the present study showed a higher proportion of children with refractive error compared to existing literature possibly due to difference in sample size, and all cases were already symptomatic while seeking ophthalmic services in contrast to cases picked up at screening. The current study also reported that the frequency was higher in females than males across all categories of visual impairment.…”

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Pattern of Ocular disorders in Adolescent population : Data from Tertiary care Centre

2020

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Aims: This study was carried out to determine ocular disorders and visual impairment among adolescents attending Out Patient Department of Ophthalmology in a tertiary care center Methodology: A retrospective study was carried out among adolescents attending out patient department of Ophthalmology in VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi. Data of 191patients between 10-19 years with ocular disorders were analyzed.Findings: 191 adolescent cases and 382 eyes were evaluated for various ocular disorders and visual impairment. The mean age of the cohort was 14.7 years.Uncorrected refractive error and difficulty in seeing objects at distance (far vision) is the commonest among the adolescent group. Blindness was observed in 2.8% with a slight female preponderance.Severe visual impairment is caused by corneal opacity, central nervous system abnormality and phthisis was observed in 13%. Refractive error, corneal opacity, posterior segment diseases and cataract cause moderate impairment in 39.2%. Mild impairment is caused mostly by refractive error. Conclusion:The frequency was higher in females than males across all categories of visual impairment. Uncorrected refractive error is common in adolescent age group and often detected late in the absence of regular screening among adolescent.

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Pattern of Ocular disorders in Adolescent population : Data from Tertiary care Centre

2020

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“…This observation proposed the importance of education to get the awareness about the common ocular morbidities and the results showed the strong association between refractive error and the father's education. 23 As compared with the other studies illiterate people found to be more risk factors comparing with higher studies people (OR= 35, p<0.01) whereas the educated people up to primary school also not excepted from the risk with less risk (OR=1.62). Puri et al reported that there was a strong association between occupation and ocular morbidity.…”

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Prevalence and pattern of ocular morbidity and factors influencing ocular morbidity in a rural population in south India: a community based cross sectional study

Venkataramana¹,

Amarnath²

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Preventable blindness is still one of the major public health problems in India. The scarcity of community-based studies on ocular morbidity, more especially from rural areas is one of the reasons for the inadequate focus on the subject. The objectives were to study the pattern and factors associated with ocular morbidity in a rural adult population. Methods: The study was a cross sectional study conducted in field practice area of rural health Center, Cheluvanatti village in the state of Karnataka. Among 16 villages, one village was selected by convenient sampling. Ocular morbidity was assessed by detailed history and clinical examination by trained clinicians. Results: Among total 1181 population, 872 people >18 years were included in the final analysis. Majority portion (72.9%) of the study population was in 18-45 years age group. There were 51.3% of males and the proportion of females was 48.7%. The prevalence of ocular morbidity was 13.9% (95% CI 12.0%-16.0%) in the study population. The most common ocular morbidity was refractive errors seen in 56(6.4%), followed by cataract seen in 35 (4%) and corneal blindness seen in 26 (3%) subjects. The presence of ocular morbidity was 4.49 times more in 46-60 years age group compared with 18 to 45 years age group (95% CI 2. 76 -7.33, p<0.01). Compared with higher studies people the presence of ocular morbidity in illiterate was 35.32 times more p<0.01). The presence of ocular morbidity was 20.64 times more in diabetic patients (95% CI 8. 95-47.61, p<0.01) comparing with non-diabetic patients. Conclusions:The prevalence of ocular morbidity is still more in aged people and the village people are getting more effect with their practices and behavior. There is a need to go with more community-based cross sectional studies and also the preventive methods to reduce and avoid the risk of ocular diseases. Venkataramana et al. Int J Community Med Public Health. 2017 Aug;4(8):2939-2945 International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health | August 2017 | Vol 4 | Issue 8 Page 2940 people, the majority of them living in rural areas, with poor access to quality eye care services. By the year 2020, this number is projected to be twice the current level, without appropriate strategies. Keywords 7Various reports have highlighted the fact that 80% of global burden of visual impairment can be prevented, treated or cured. Globally, the leading causes of blindness are a cataract, uncorrected refractive errors, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration. Other major causes include Corneal opacities, Diabetic retinopathy, Blinding trachoma.8 Even in India, preventable and treatable causes like cataract (62.6%) refractive error (19.70%) still contribute to more than 80% preventable blindness. 6 Factors which strongly influence the occurrence and burden and pattern of ocular diseases in a particular community include age structure of the population, socioeconomic conditions, Educational status, occupational profile and environmental conditions etc., Healthcare s...

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“…In this study the overall prevalence of ocular morbidity was found to be 28.2% comparable to the one reported by Rajesh Kumar et al (24.6%) from Delhi, 12 Jayanth D and Malathi (27.65%) from rural Maharashtra, 13 Madhu Gupta and others (31.6%) from Shimla. 14 The prevalence was higher in other study reported by Ankita P et al (45.5%) from Gujarat, 15 Chaturvedi et al (more than (40%) from rural Delhi, 16 Kalikivayi et al (43.5%) at Hyderabad, 17 but a lower prevalence was reported by Prajapati P et al 18 Marginal difference in the prevalence of ocular diseases among boys (28.9%) and girls (27.3%) in the present study however, Khurana et al 21 reported higher prevalence in girls (73.5%) as compared to boys (49.4%) in Haryana and lower but marginal difference among boys (13.5%) and girls (13.1%) was reported by Amol Bansal et al…”

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A Study to Evaluate the Prevalence of Ocular Morbidity of School Going Children (6-16 Years) in Durgapur, West Bengal

Ram¹,

Bhattacharjee²,

Nanda³

2018

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BACKGROUND School eye screening children is useful in detecting correctable causes of defective vision, especially refractive errors (myopia) and minimizing long-term visual disability. Ocular disorders such as refractive errors, allergic conjunctivitis, vitamin A deficiency and blepharitis are common entities in school going children in rural and urban population of Bardhhaman district (WB).Our school eye health survey was implemented with the aim of prevention of blindness by early detection and treatment of eye health problems. Prevalence of refractive error (myopia) rises from ages 6-16 years. Children do not complain of defective vision and may not even be aware of their problem. They adjust to the poor eyesight by sitting near the blackboard in school, holding the books closer to their eyes, squeezing the eyes frequently. This warrants early detection and treatment to prevent permanent impairment. MATERIALS AND METHODS In our study, four government schools and four private schools were selected randomly with proportionate representation from each category of schools. The study was conducted among the school going children in 6-16 years age group of Durgapur, Bardhhaman district of West Bengal state from July 2016 to January 2018. Total 3534 students were examined from rural and urban schools of the district. The study was carried out through oral questionnaire using pre-designed and pretested Performa followed by ocular examination with the help of torch light, binocular loop and direct ophthalmoscope. RESULTS Overall prevalence of ocular morbidity was found to be 28.2%, among them refractive errors were 47.1%, allergic conjunctivitis 30.3% and vitamin A deficiency 9.9% constituted the major causes of ocular morbidity.

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A study on the prevalence of refractive errors among school children of 10-16 years in Surendranagar district, Gujarat

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Pattern of Ocular disorders in Adolescent population : Data from Tertiary care Centre

Pattern of Ocular disorders in Adolescent population : Data from Tertiary care Centre

Prevalence and pattern of ocular morbidity and factors influencing ocular morbidity in a rural population in south India: a community based cross sectional study

A Study to Evaluate the Prevalence of Ocular Morbidity of School Going Children (6-16 Years) in Durgapur, West Bengal

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