Pattern of refractive errors among the patients presenting to eye department of district hospital of Uttarakhand

Bhardwaj, Manu; Singh, Lokesh Kumar; Gupta, Alka; Dutt, Bhaskar

doi:10.5958/2395-1451.2016.00053.6

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“…As previously stated, available literature presents a conflicting picture regarding the gender distribution of refractive errors in India in general [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and Bihar in particular [24,25]. In the present study, about four times as many males presented to the OPD with refractive error as females, and myopic errors in general and myopia, in particular, were the most prevalent refractive error in females (39%, Tab.…”

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“…It was conducted in a high-volume tertiary centre that meets the felt need of this section of the population, mostly students. A large number of previous studies [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] have attempted to fill the gaps in knowledge regarding the distribution of refractive errors. In the present study, the frequencies of refractive errors, in descending order, were found as follows: hypermetropia (32%), myopic astigmatism (26%), myopia (22%), hypermetropic astigmatism (19%), and mixed astigmatism (0.4%; Fig.…”

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“…Given the aforesaid challenges, a large number of young people present to tertiary OPDs for refraction and prescription of glasses, the pattern and reasons for which have been enumerated in earlier publications [8,9]. The overall incidence of refractive errors has been reported to be up to 55% in ophthalmology OPDs of vision centres as well as tertiary hospitals [9][10][11]. Various hospital-based studies have concluded that myopic errors (myopia [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] or myopic astigmatism [19]) are the most common refractive errors; myopia is, in general, more prevalent than astigmatism and hypermetropia, and myopic astigmatism is more common compared to hypermetropic or mixed astigmatism.…”

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“…The mean age of presentation of refractive errors in adolescents has been estimated to be 14.3 years, but the prevalence has been reported to be maximum in the extremes of adolescence [9,10,18].…”

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Clinico-demographic profile of young people presenting with refractive errors to a medical college hospital of Bihar, India

Nishant

Sinha

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BaCKground: Refractive errors are the second most important cause of blindness and account for 18% of the burden. An estimated 123.7 million people suffer from visual impairment due to unaddressed refractive errors worldwide. International agencies recognize that globally, there is insufficient data on the prevalence and types of refractive errors in different populations and age groups. The present study evaluated the proportion of refractive errors with their clinico-demographic context among 10-24-year old patients, presenting to the Ophthalmology Outpatient Department (OPD) of a tertiary hospital of Bihar state of India. Material and Methods: This prospective, descriptive study collected information about refractive errors in 2739 eyes of 1482 young people. The association between the refractive errors and clinico-demographic variables such as age group, gender, residential background and educational status was evaluated using the chi-square test (taking p < 0.05 as significant). results: Hypermetropic errors were more common (51%) comprising of hypermetropia (32%) and hypermetropic astigmatism (19%). They marginally exceeded myopic errors (about 49%), comprising myopic astigmatism (26%) and myopia (22%) while mixed astigmatism was the least common (0.4%). Myopic errors were significantly more common in the 10-14 years age group (76%) while hypermetropic errors predominated in older age-groups (54%, p < 0.001). Myopia predominated in females (39%) and in rural young people (53%), myopic astigmatism in the illiterate (45%) but hypermetropia in males (37%, p < 0.001), urban (35%, p < 0.001) and literate young people (31%, p < 0.001). ConClusions: This study revealed a broad picture of proportion and predominance of different refractive errors and their associations with clinico-demographic profile of the patients.

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“…reported a lower prevalence of refractive error in Nepal and India, respectively. 14 25 This difference can be attributed to the greater number and availability of eye care personnel in the catchment area of these facilities. Furthermore, Abraham and Megbelayin did not exclude other ocular comorbidities in their study.…”

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Prevalence and distribution of refractive errors among ophthalmic patients in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

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Purpose: To assess the prevalence and distribution of refractive errors in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Methods: A retrospective hospital-based study was conducted at Madang Provincial Hospital Eye Clinic. It is a free eye clinic and spectacle costs are further subsidized by a nongovernmental organization. Nonprobability purposive sampling was used to retrieve patients' records at the eye clinic from January to December 2016. Only demographic and clinic data on the patients' first visit to the eye clinic were recorded and these included their age, gender, location, presenting visual acuity (VA), and refractive correction. Results: One thousand and one hundred eighty-four patients' records were retrieved, of which 622 (52.53%) had refractive error. The mean age of refractive error presentation was 49.68 ± 16.29 years with a range of 9–86 years. There were more males (55%) than females. About a quarter of the patients (21.2%) presented with moderate visual impairment. There was a statistically significant relationship between visual impairment and age group ( P < 0.001). Myopia (53.1%) was the most common type of refractive error followed by hyperopia (32.5%) and astigmatism (14.4%). The uptake of spectacle correction was very high (95.3%) among the patients. More than one-tenth of the patients (12.5%) reported from other provinces. Almost one-third of the patients (31.4%) could not obtain a VA of 6/6 after refraction. About one-fifth (17.0%) of the patients were suspected of functional amblyopia. Conclusions: Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is a significant cause of visual impairment in PNG. There is a need for the integration of eye care services into primary health care for early detection, treatment, and prevention of visual impairment caused by UREs.

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Pattern of refractive errors among the patients presenting to eye department of district hospital of Uttarakhand

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Clinico-demographic profile of young people presenting with refractive errors to a medical college hospital of Bihar, India

Clinico-demographic profile of young people presenting with refractive errors to a medical college hospital of Bihar, India

Prevalence and distribution of refractive errors among ophthalmic patients in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea

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