Prevalence of ocular morbidities among paediatric patients attending Ophthalmology OPD in MKCG Medical College Hospital, Berhampur, Odisha, India

Sahoo, Jyotshna Rani; Jena, Dhaneswari; Karmee, Nivedita; Tripathy, Radha Madhab; Sahu, Pallavi Priyadarsani

doi:10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20181079

Cited by 5 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 7 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In our study 57.8% were male and 42.2% were female. Similar results showing male preponderance was seen in studies byRai Salma KC et al, 2 Sahoo JR et al, 3 Sethi S et al, 4 Ava H et al 5 This may be due to gender bias in health care seeking behavior in our community.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Pattern of ocular morbidity in pediatrics age group in a tertiary centre in western Nepal

Tuladhar¹,

Gurung²,

Poudel³

et al. 2019

J. Gandaki Med. Coll. Nepal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction: Ocular morbidities are importantbecause of their impact on child’s development,education and future work. Ocular morbidities in children may not be diagnosed and treated in time due to inability to express their problems which leads to amblyopia by the time they can express it. This study was conducted with an objective to determine the pattern of ocular morbidity in children less than and equal to 14 years of age presenting in the Outpatient Department (OPD) of Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara. Materials/ Methods: This is a cross sectional observational study where we reviewed the profile of all of all patients of age group equal to or less than 14 years entering eye OPD from September 2016 to September 2018 for eye examination. Result: A total of 1471 patients presented to eye department of GMC. The mean age of the patient was 8.25 ±4.24 years among which 57.8% were males and 42.2% were females. Maximum number of the patients were in age group 11 to 14 years (38.1%) while minimum number of the patients were in the age group <1 year(10.6%).Conjunctival disorders (23.9%) was the most common ocular morbidity followed by refractive error in (18.2%), miscellaneous conditions (10.4%), eyelid diseases (8.6%), lacrimal system diseases (7.8%). Conclusion: Thestudy gives a picture and pattern of ocular diseases in pediatrics age group which not only helps in early diagnosis and treatment of ocular diseases but also in decreasing the magnitude of childhood blindness and amblyopia.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Pattern of ocular morbidity in pediatrics age group in a tertiary centre in western Nepal

Tuladhar¹,

Gurung²,

Poudel³

et al. 2019

J. Gandaki Med. Coll. Nepal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Chalazionwas found to have a prevalence of 4% in present study, which is analogous to the study conducted by Sahoo JR et al in which it has a prevalence Chalazion of 4.3% [2]. However, lower prevalence's were found in studies by Singh et al (0.27%) and Desai et al (0.25%) in their Jodhpur based study [9,16].…”

Section: Original Research Articlesupporting

confidence: 87%

“…In the current research study, the ratio of females to males was greater than that in study done by Sahoo JR [2] et al and Biswas J et al [7], where 57% were male and 43% were female and 58.26% males 41.74% femalesrespectively.Out of all children attending OPD consultation, the majority (55.5%) were between the ages of 11 and 15 years. This was similar to the findings of Sahoo JR [2]et aland Biswas J et al [7].…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 66%

“…Tropical Journal of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Available online at: www.medresearch.in 352|P a g e either in front or behind the retina.It is seen that maximum number of children had refractive error(55%) in the present study, showing a higher prevalence of refractive error than in the studies done by Sahoo JR et a (34%) and Biswas J et al(23.67%) [2,7]. However, the Kariapatti Pediatric Eye Evaluation Project, Delhi based study by Chaturvedi and Aggarwal, and a study by Kumar et al showed even lower prevalence of refractive error, being 0.55%, 7.4%, and 5.4%, respectively [8,9,10,11,12] Refractive error was the major grievance of the age group 11-15 years and it is seen more regularly in males than in femalesin the present study.…”

Section: Original Research Articlecontrasting

confidence: 52%

“…Ocular morbidities among pediatric age group play a major role in their education in addition to occurrenceof blindness in our community. Ocular morbidity in children affects learning capacity, adjustment in school, and persona [1,2].Overall, 39 million people are blind worldwide, out of which 1.4 million are children (less than 14 years of age).In a survey on children ≤15 years of age, the rate of childhood blindness was 0.17%, of which 33.3% was due to treatable refractive errors while 66.6% was secondary to other preventable causes [3].Even in India, preventable and treatable causes like cataract, refractive error still contribute to more than 80% preventable blindness [4,5].About 30% of blind population of India lose their eyesight before the age of 20 years and many of them are under 5 when they become blind [2,6]. The above data from the review of literature cleanly indicates the importance of this study.…”

Section: Introduction and Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Prevalence of ocular morbidities among children’s attending ophthalmology OPD in tertiary care hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Annamalai

Veeramani

2019

Trop J Ophthalmol Otolaryngol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Introduction:Ocular morbidities among pediatric age group play a major role in their education in addition to occurrence of blindness in our community. Even in India, preventable and treatable causes like cataract, refractive error still contribute to more than 80% preventable blindness. Material and Methods: The current research paper is acrosssectional study, conducted in Saveetha medical college and hospital. The data pooled for the study was conducted from January 2019 to March 2019 for a period of 3 months. Allchildren below the age of15 years attending ophthalmology outpatient departmentwere included in the study. Ethical clearance and informed verbal consent was obtained and detailed ophthalmic examination was done. Results: 271 patients were included in the study, 122weremales and 149 were females. All the patients were divided into three broad age groups, 0-5 years, 6-10years and 11-15 years. In the current study overall refractive error (54.6%) was the most widespread ocular morbidity. Allergic conjunctivitis (19.1%), foreign body (8.1%),Chalazion (4%), viral conjunctivitis (2.6%)and squint (2.2%)are other common morbidities. Conclusion: The present research paper suggests refractive error, allergic conjunctivitis, foreign body in eye and chalazion are the important ocular morbidities seen in children. Nearly all of them are treatable or preventable. Theoccurrence of refractive error is high among children and is the main cause of amblyopia.

show abstract

Prevalence of ocular morbidities in pediatric age group at a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study

Sheshrao¹,

Janardan²

2020

IJCEO

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Ocular morbidities affecting the children result in a serious health and economic burden and negatively impacts their developmental milestones. This study was performed to assess the prevalence and pattern of ocular diseases, and to know the common causes of childhood blindness amongst the children aged 0-15 years.This was a single centre, cross-sectional observational study performed in the Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Latur, Maharashtra, India and involved 380 children, aged 0-15 years, presenting with different ocular morbidities. The study was performed over a period of 18 months i.e., from January 2018 to June 2019. A detailed history and ophthalmic examination (consisting of visual acuity, color vision, refraction, cycloplegic refraction, anterior segment examination, fundus examination, and detection of squint) were performed to evaluate different ocular diseases.Majority of the cases were males (52.9%), and belonged to 11-15 years of age group (53.9%). Amongst all the presenting ocular complaints, diminution of vision (34.50%) followed by headache (9.20%), and itching in eyes (8.20%) were most prevalent. Majority of the cases had good visual acuity [(best-corrected visual acuity) >6/18, 65.50%]. While, severe visual impairment was observed in 2.90% cases. Refractive errors (31.60%) followed by allergic conjunctivitis (19.20%) were the most commonly observed ocular disorders. Moreover, myopia (43.33%) was the commonest refractive error. Similarly, amongst cases with ocular infection, most commonly observed condition was infective conjunctivitis (24.44%). Finally, congenital cataract (27.91%) and blunt ocular trauma (52.63%) were the most frequently observed congenital ocular disease and cause of ocular trauma respectively among children. Findings of this study highlight that the majority of the pediatric ocular morbidities are both preventable and treatable. However, efforts should be directed towards health education and screening programs in children.

show abstract

Prevalence of ocular morbidities among paediatric patients attending Ophthalmology OPD in MKCG Medical College Hospital, Berhampur, Odisha, India

Cited by 5 publications

References 7 publications

Pattern of ocular morbidity in pediatrics age group in a tertiary centre in western Nepal

Pattern of ocular morbidity in pediatrics age group in a tertiary centre in western Nepal

Prevalence of ocular morbidities among children’s attending ophthalmology OPD in tertiary care hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Prevalence of ocular morbidities in pediatric age group at a tertiary care hospital: A cross sectional study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About