Prevalence of Refractive Error in School Children of Karachi, Pakistan
AUTHOR:
Muhammad Irfanullah Siddiqui, Abdul Sattar Khan, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, et al
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YEAR PUBLISHED:
2008
PUBLICATION:
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
The purpose of this study was to find out the prevalence of refractive error and the eye morbidity in the school children and the associated factors.
A total of 1000 children from 20 schools were selected, however 940 were examined.
Prior to this study, only 10.9% of the children had ever been given an ophthalmic examination.
The prevalence of refractive error was 8.9%.
Refractive error was associated with female sex but no association was found with class, age, ethnicity, parental education and other risk factors.