Manzoor Hussain, Saber Mohammad, Abdul Ghafoor, Arshad Raza.
Prevalence of Refractive Errors in School going Children in Battagram (KPK), Age Group of 11-15 Years.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;12(1):27-9.

Objective: To determine the prevalence, the type and gender wise distribution of refractive error in school going children at the age of 11-15 years. Material and Methods: Study Design: This was a cross sectional descriptive study. Setting: This study was conducted in Out Patient Department of Eye unit DHQ Hospital, Batagram of KPK. Sample Size: Sample size was 1700 children. Results: In our study total of 1700 children were examined, only 78(4.58%) children had refractive error with uncorrected visual acuity of < 6/12 in both eyes. In which 34(2%) were male and 44 (2.58%) were female children. Out of 78 school children, 54 (3.17%) were myopic, 13 (0.76%) were Hypermetropes and 11 (0.64%) were the cases of astigmatism. Regarding the type of refractive error, the prevalence of myopia in male was 2.36% and in female 3.97%, hypermetropia in male was 0.591% and in female was 0.94% while the astigmatism in male was 0.47% and in female was 0.82%. Conclusions: Our study suggest that refractive error particularly Myopia is the major cause of ocular morbidity among the school going children in Distract Batagram. Provision of spectacles to rehabilitate them to normal.

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