1. PREVALENCE OF EYE DISORDERS IN CHILDREN OF 5 – 16 YEARS AGE GROUP,IN DISTRICT DEHRADUN.Dr Aditi Sharma, Dr Amit Maitreya, Dr Jayanti Semwal Prof Harsh BahadurHimalayan Institute of Medical Sciences , HIHT University.
2. INTRODUCTION In the world today, a child goes blind every minute. Upto 60% die within one year of becoming blind. Blindness in children accounts for one third of the economic cost of blindnes.Although, it represents less than 4% of the overall magnitude of blindness. WHO estimates incidence of childhood blindness as 0.75 per 1000 children
6. retinal conditions and others.Hence, keeping in view of all the above this study was done.
7. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To find out the prevalence of eye disorders in children of 5-16 years age group .
8. MATERIALS AND METHODS The proposed study was conducted by the Department of Ophthalmology, HIMS, Dehradun STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SAMPLING: Multistage stratified random sampling. SETTING: Government and Private Schools in the Doiwala block of Dehradun. PARTICIPANTS: 5918 students ; 3462 males and 2456 females .
13. AGE AND SEXWISE DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF CHILDREN AGE IN YEARS TOTAL OF 5918 CHILDREN : 3462 MALES AND 2456 FEMALES WERE INCLUDED
14. Age Group wise distribution of children with ocular morbidity MAXIMUM CHILDREN WERE IN GROUP II AND MINIMUM IN GROUP IV
15. Overall, the ocular morbidity was more in children less than 10 years of age (6.48%) As the age increased (>10 years), children with ocular morbidity decreased (4.4%). This relationship was found to be statistically significant, with a p value <0.05.
16. Sex wise distribution of children with Ocular Morbidity There was no statistically significant relationship between sex and ocular morbidity with a p value >0.05.
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18. CONCLUSION This study was the first of its kind done in Uttarakhand and more studies can be done at a larger scale for future strategic planning……….. With increase in age, there is a decrease in the ocular morbidity. Hence children in younger age group should be examined more meticulously and patiently…… Refractive error was the commonest cause of ocular morbidity
19. Effective methods of vision screening in school children are useful in detecting correctable causes of decreased vision,, especially refractive errors and in minimizing long-term visual disability..
