Background: An estimated 19 million children are visually impaired, and 12 million are visually impaired due to refractive errors. Children fall in preventable age group for correction of refractive errors. Schools are best forum for implanting health education for children and for early detection of ocular morbidity. This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of refractive errors among school children in rural field practice area of Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the schools in rural field practice area of Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital School children aged between 7-16 years were examined for defective vision using Snellens chart. General information of the children was collected using pre-designed and semi- structured questionnaire a. Children with abnormal vision were referred to hospital. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. Descriptive statistics was used and chi-square test of significance was applied.Results: 1140 study subjects were examined out of which 577 (50.6%) were females and 563 (49.4%) males. The mean age was 11.28 years. The prevalence of refractive errors was 10.5%.The prevalence of refractive errors was significantly associated with age (p<0.05). The prevalence of myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism in study subjects was 58.5%, 17.1%, 24.4% respectively.Conclusions: The prevalence of refractive errors, especially myopia, was higher in older children. Causes of higher prevalence and barriers to refractive error correction services and compliance should be identified and addressed. Eye screening of school children is recommended.

Author's summary Seventy percent people are able to recognize chest pain as myocardial infarction (MI) symptoms. There is no difference in awareness of MI symptoms between male and female. There is wide variation in awareness of MI symptoms. The prevalence varies from less than 5% in African countries such as Kenya, Tanzania and in Asian countries such as Nepal to as high as 90% in Germany.

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Background: Garment workers are susceptible to various health problems by virtue of their workplace and working conditions. The present study was conducted to assess the morbidity profile of female workers of garment factory in Bengaluru. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among all the females working in the garment factory. An interview was conducted using a semi-structured pretested questionnaire. Clinical examination was done to measure height, weight. Visual acuity was tested using Snellen's chart. The data was compiled in Microsoft (MS) Excel worksheet and analyzed using SPSS. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 30.33 ±7.06 years. Musculoskeletal problems were the most common problems present among 110(51.4%) study participants. 61.22% of the females worked in standing posture. Conclusion:In the present study found that the most common problem was musculoskeletal disorders. Regular periodic medical examination would help in early diagnosis and treatment of morbidities among the workers.