Authors : Sannidhi BJ, Rani Sujatha M A, Durgesh Kumar Sinha, Shweta Karanvi, Ranjitha KC, Syed Saifullah Bokhari
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijooo.2022.011
Volume : 8
Issue : 1
Year : 2022
Page No : 52-55
Aim: To identify the prevalence of myopia and its risk factor among the school going children.
Materials and Methods: Study sample included school going children between 5 and 16 years of age. We recorded degree of myopia by autorefractometer and streak retinoscopy after mydriasis, and students with refractive error of ?-0.5 D for at least one eye were considered as myopic. Strict inclusion and exclusion criteria were followed.
Results: A total of 764 children were considered for the study. Prevalence of childhood myopia in hospital based study was 16.5 % with male to female ratio 53:47. Headache was most common complain for hospital visit. Most common age group affected was 7-12 and 13-16 years. In 18.53% of patients family history was present.
Conclusion: Due to high magnitude of uncorrected myopia, it appears to be a public health problem both in urban areas, which suggest that an increase in outdoor activity may help to reduce the magnitude of the problem.
Keywords: Myopia, Myopia, School going children, Refractive error