Refractive Error, Ocular Biometry and Oculomotor Function: The Prevalence of Myopia and Its Potential Risk Factors in the Middle East, with an Investigation of Dynamic Accommodation Responses and Axial Length Fluctuations in Young Myopic Adults
AUTHOR:
Gammoh, Yazan Sultan Sa'ad
SPONSOR/INSTITUTION:
Optometry and Vision Science, Bradford School of Life Sciences
YEAR PUBLISHED:
2012
PUBLICATION:
KEY HIGHLIGHTS:
The main experimental work of this thesis has been a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of refractive error and its biometric correlates in Middle Eastern adults.
The prevalence of myopia in 3000 Middle Eastern adults (age range 17-40 years) was similar to previously reported levels of myopia in the West.
Myopia was associated with a higher level of education, occupations with a high nearwork demand and positive family history of myopia; all of which have been identified as risk factors for myopia development and progression.
A number of recommendations for further work on the prevalence of refractive error in the Middle East are suggested.