Refractive Errors and Spectacle Use Behavior among Medical Students in a Nigerian Medical School

Megbelayin, Emmanuel Olu

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“…Among medical students, the prevalence of refractive error was found to be 54% which is supported by the study conducted by Rajdeep et al 1 and Emmaneul Olu Megbelayin 3 et al in which it was 54% and 79.5% respectively. However, our study included a larger study group than the above studies.…”

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Study of refractive errors in medical students

Garg¹,

Singh²,

Raza³

et al. 2020

IJCEO

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Introduction: Refractive errors are apparently more prevalent among the high educational group and have become a huge economic and social burden. 1 Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital and included 420 medical students of consecutive 4ys (2013)(2014)(2015)(2016). Refractive error was assessed under cycloplegia using Snellen's visual acquity drum and streak retinoscope. The students were categorized according to their refractive error and the prevalence was calculated. Results: Of 420 students 54% had refractive error. Of these 77.7% had myopia, 8.4% had hypermetropia and 1.7% had astigmatism. Myopes were further divided into mild moderate & severe. It was found that 62.8% had mild, 35.4% had moderate and 13.7% had severe myopia. Conclusion:The commonest refractive error among medical students is myopia of varying grades.

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“…Poor vision in students has a negative influence on their future life as it affects productive performance in education thus in long term affecting the economic burden of the country. 3 Timely detection and intervention can tremendously improve student's potential during his or her formative years.…”

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Study of refractive errors in medical students

Garg¹,

Singh²,

Raza³

et al. 2020

IJCEO

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“…This results are comparable with studies done by Fledelius et al at Denmark, Chaudhry et al at Pakistan, Wu et al at China, Lv and Zhang at China Megbelayin et al at Nigeria, Gopalakrishnan et al at Malaysia, and Mavracanas et al at Greece reported that the prevalence of REs including myopia was higher among females as compared to their male counterparts. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] On the contrary, a higher rate of myopia in males compared to females was observed at Baroda and Burdwan study though this was found to be of borderline significance and no significant difference between female and male students was observed in our study and Bangalore, Norway, Singapore, Hyderabad, and Turkey study. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] It is possible that this slight variation in prevalence rates among medical students across different countries may be attributable to ethnic variations and different genetic predispositions.…”

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Risk factors associated with refractive error among medical students

Kumar

Jangra²,

Jangra

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Refractive error may be defined as a state in which the optical system of the non-accommodating eye fills to bring parallel rays of light to focus on the retina. Myopia is the most common type of RE, a complex trait including both environmental and genetic factors. Refractive errors are extremely common in the young academically active population. As for any nation they are the features of hardcore human resource, it has huge economic impact. These are the major cause of mild to moderate visual impairment in young individuals; knowledge of the prevalence of refractive error would be helpful in planning of public health strategy. Methods: The present study was carried out on MBBS students studying in 2nd year to 4th year at Pt. BDS PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana. The study was a case – control type of study, in which a total of 100 cases and 100 controls were taken by simple random sampling by lottery method. Cases and controls were matched for age with a difference of ±2 years. Results: Refractive error was found statistically significant among females, students spending more reading hours, watching television, mobile use, inadequate light and family history of refractive error. Means age of refractive error was 14.46±3.4 years. Conclusions: As most of the risk factors are modifiable, so this data could help health care professionals to develop targeted refractive error control policies for the population of students in medical field & insure the policies are more rational, useful, and effective.

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“…The prevalence rate of myopia among those students were 63.6 percent. 7 In this study, the overall prevalence rate of hyperopia among medical students was 1.8 percent. A Norwegian study on 224 engineering students had reported a higher figure of hyperopia (30%).…”

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Refractive Errors Among Medical Students

Sijapati

Basnet

2018

Nep. Med. J.

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Introduction:Refractive errors are becoming a problem in many societies, with prevalence rates of myopia in many Asian urban countries reaching epidemic proportions. This study aims to determine the prevalence rates of various refractive errors among medical students of Kist Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal. Materials and Methods:Medical students were included in the study. Demographic data was obtained via questionnaires filled in by the students after taking informed verbal consent. Refractive error measurements were determined by dry retinoscopy and additional cycloplegic refraction as and when needed. Results:The prevalence rate of simple myopia was 64.81% and 3.7% had high myopia. Hyperopia (Hypermetropia) was present in 1.8% of the participants while overall astigmatism prevalence rate was 29.6% among medical students. Conclusion: Prevalence rates of myopia in medical students are found to be quite high. Conclusions:Prevalence rates of myopia in medical students are found to be quite high.

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Refractive Errors and Spectacle Use Behavior among Medical Students in a Nigerian Medical School

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