Prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors among school-age children in the School District of Philadelphia

Mayro, Eileen L.; Hark, Lisa A; Shiuey, Eric; Pond, Michael; Siam, Linda; Hill-Bennett, Tamara; Tran, Judie; Khanna, Nitasha; Silverstein, Marlee; Donaghy, James; Zhan, Tingting; Murchison, Ann P.; Levin, Alex V.

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2018.01.011

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“…11 In a study conducted by Mayro et al, out of 18,974 children screened, 2,492 (13.1%) exhibited uncorrected refractive errors. 12 These results were comparable with Gupta et al, who also found refractive error as the most common disorder, with a prevalence of 22%. 13 Das et al in Kolkata and Desai et al in Jodhpur also reported a similar prevalence of 25.11% and 20.8%, respectively.…”

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A cross sectional study on defective vision among secondary school going children in Vijayawada city, Andhra Pradesh

Kumar

Anga

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Eye is one of the most vital organs of human body. Any abnormality in the eye can impair vision and make the person handicapped for life. The school children form a special group because they are most vulnerable to the effects of reduced vision and its impact on learning capability and educational potential. The objective of the study was to find out the factors affecting vision of secondary school children, to suggest preventive and remedial measures for defective vision.Methods: It was a cross sectional study. School children of Zilla Parishad secondary high school during November 2016 to December 2016 were studied. A pretested semi structured questionnaire was administered. A total of 320 students were included in the study by using convenient sampling technique. Data was entered in Microsoft excel sheet and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. Results were expressed as proportions for different study variables.Results: Out of the 320 students, majority 181 (56.56%) of study participants were girls. The highest number of students (49.38%) was between 12-13 years of age group. Prevalence of defective vision is 34%. Family history is present in 29% of the study population. 34% of children with defective vision, it was detected by their mother.Conclusions: Refractive errors are more in girls. Children and parents should be educated regarding ocular hygiene and early correction of refractive errors.

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A cross sectional study on defective vision among secondary school going children in Vijayawada city, Andhra Pradesh

Kumar

Anga

2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…Even though one third of children in this study were emmetropic, all age groups showed a slight hyperopic mean refractive error which reduced with age, as expected [36][37][38][39][40]. Interestingly, we did not find any change in refractive errors during the 10-year period for either age group, nor did we find the high proportion of myopia reported in many studies [41][42][43][44][45].…”

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Vision status of children aged 7 - 15 years referred from school vision screening in Norway during 2003 - 2013: a retrospective study

Falkenberg¹,

Langaas

Svarverud

2019

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Background: Undetected vision problems is an important cause of reduced academic achievement, performance in everyday life and self-esteem. This receives little attention in national health care services in Norway even though most of these vision problems are easily correctable. There are no published data on how many Norwegian schoolchildren are affected by correctable vision problems. This study aims to determine the vision status in primary and secondary schoolchildren referred from vision screening during the 10 year period of 2003-2013. Methods: Of the 1126 children (15%) aged 7-15 years referred to the university eye clinic by the school screening program, all 782 who attended the eye clinic were included in the study. Patient records were retrospectively reviewed with regard to symptoms, refractive error, best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of logMAR, binocular vision, ocular health and management outcomes. Results: Previously undetected vision problems were confirmed in 650 (83%) of the children. The most frequent outcomes were glasses (346) or follow-up (209), but types of treatment modalities varied with age. Mean refractive errors were hyperopic for all age groups but reduced with age (ANOVA, p < 0.001). Overall, 51% were hyperopic, 32% emmetropic and 17% myopic. Refractive errors did not change across the decade (linear regression, all p > 0.05). Mean logMAR BCVAs were better than 0.0 and improved with age (ANOVA, p < 0.001). The most prevalent symptoms were headaches (171), near vision problems (149) and reduced distance vision (107). Conclusions: The vision screening identified children with previously undetected visual problems. This study shows that the types of visual problems varied with age and that most problems could be solved with glasses. Our results stress the importance of regular eye examinations and that vision examinations should be included in primary health care services. Furthermore, there is a need for raised awareness among parents and teaching staff regarding vision problems in children.

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Vision status of children aged 7 - 15 years referred from school vision screening in Norway during 2003 - 2013: a retrospective study

Falkenberg¹,

Langaas

Svarverud

2019

Preprint

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Background: Undetected vision problems are an important cause of reduced academic achievement, performance in everyday life and self-esteem. This receives little attention in national health care services even though most of these vision problems are easily correctable. Data on how many schoolchildren are affected are limited. This study aims to increase the knowledge of vision status in primary and secondary school children by retrospectively describing the vision status of children referred from vision screening during the ten year period 2003 – 2013. Methods: Of 1126 (15 %) children referred to the university eye clinic, all 782 who attended were included. Patient records were reviewed with regards to symptoms, refractive error, best corrected logMAR visual acuity (BCVA), binocular vision, ocular health and management outcomes. Results: Previously undetected vision problems were confirmed in 650 (83 %) of the children. The most frequent outcomes were glasses (346) or follow up (209), but types of treatment modalities varied with age. Mean refractive errors were hyperopic for all age groups, but reduced with age (ANOVA, p < .001). Refractive errors did not change across the decade (linear regression, all p > .05). Mean BCVAs were better than 0.0 and improved with age (ANOVA, p < .001). The most prevalent symptoms were headaches (171), near vision problems (149), and reduced distance vision (107). Conclusions: The vision screening identified children with previously undetected visual problems. There was no change in refractive errors for either age group over the decade. Importantly, most of the problems were solved with glasses. Types of visual problems varied with age, which stresses the importance of regular eye examinations, and raised awareness among parents and teaching staff. Keywords: Health care services, children, vision examination, visual status, refractive errors.

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Prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors among school-age children in the School District of Philadelphia

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A cross sectional study on defective vision among secondary school going children in Vijayawada city, Andhra Pradesh

A cross sectional study on defective vision among secondary school going children in Vijayawada city, Andhra Pradesh

Vision status of children aged 7 - 15 years referred from school vision screening in Norway during 2003 - 2013: a retrospective study

Vision status of children aged 7 - 15 years referred from school vision screening in Norway during 2003 - 2013: a retrospective study

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