Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...

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Kaneez Fatima*


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Refractive errors in children attending ophthalmology clinic of a teaching institute in South India


Original Article

Author Details : Kaneez Fatima*

Volume : 8, Issue : 3, Year : 2022

Article Page : 374-377

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2022.076



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Abstract

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of various refractive errors in children attending ophthalmology out patient department of a tertiary hospital.
Materials and Methods: 173 children with defective vision were assessed for refractive errors during June 2021- June 2022.
Results: Females accounted for the majority of children (61.6%). Most common type of refractive error was myopia (52%) followed by hyperopia (27.2%) and the least common was astigmatism(20.8%). Myopic astigmatism was the most common variety in cases of astigmatic cases(72.2%). The frequency of myopia increased with increasing age of children. This association was found to be statistically significant (p<0> Conclusions: Refractive errors when uncorrected can lead to amblyopia and strabismus and hence school based and community based screening is necessary to get a real estimate of the burden of uncorrected refractive errors.
 

Keywords: Children, Myopia.


How to cite : Fatima K, Refractive errors in children attending ophthalmology clinic of a teaching institute in South India. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022;8(3):374-377

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