Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

To study the type of refractive errors and its severity in children of Bareilly district in school health check up camps.

Dr. Ritu Jain, Dr. Mamta Maurya, Col Dr. Sachin Jain

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 To study the type of refractive errors and its severity in children of Bareilly district in school health check up camps.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To study the type of refractive errors in children of Bareilly. To study the age-wise
distribution of refractive errors. To study the severity of refractive errors
MATERIAL AND METHODS The present study was conducted in all those children with refractive errors in school health check up camp
over a period of 6 months from November 2017 to April 2018.
Type of study: Cross sectional observational study.
Inclusion Criteria: All children in age group 5-15 years having refractive errors of 0.5D or more.
Exclusion Criteria: children with dense media opacities, prior intraocular surgery.
RESULTS: Out of 1080 children screened, 214 were found to have refractive errors. Myopia was most common refractive error being 42.86%
(92/214). Astigmatism, both simple and mixed/compound was 35.64% (76/214) while hypermetropia was least common i.e. 12% (46/214).
SUMMARY: There should be periodic examination of the school children at least on annual basis.

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Dr. Ritu Jain, Dr. Mamta Maurya, Col (Dr.) Sachin Jain, To study the type of refractive errors and its severity in children of Bareilly district in school health check up camps., GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-6 | June-2018


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