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ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT OF MYOPIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS IN CHILDREN OF AGE BETWEEN 6 TO 12 YEARS

Dr Mudassar Ali, Dr Hamza Bashir, Dr Zara Aslam

Background: The main reason of visual disability is myopia that can be avoided. Objective: The goal of this research study was to assess the extent of myopia and its associated factors in children of age between 6 to 12 years. These children were presented to ophthalmology outpatient of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Patients and methods: From 1st July, 2017 to 30th June 2018, this research study was organized. The children selected for this study were between 6 to 12 years. The study was carried out in ophthalmology outpatient department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Written agreement was sign by the parents of children visiting Ophthalmology outpatient department. Ethical committee of the Hospital accepted the consent. By means of questionnaire, factors that were associated with the disease were noted. Personal information f every child selected for study, was assembled. In this way by using Snellen’s chart, sensitivity of each child wa] noticed. 1% cyclopentolate eye drops were used for these children who were observed sensitivity less than 6/6. Then these children experience refraction. Refraction was carried out by means of retinoscopy. If any dissimilarity was presented, it was examined through chi square test. SPSS-21 was employed for data entry and assessment. The value of P was <_0.05 which was considered valuable. Results: Total children selected for study were 2936. The percentage of female was 67.37%.The percentage of children between 6 -8 years, 9-11 years and 12 years of age was 32.86% , 54.67% and 12.47 respectively. The percentage of myopic children was 57.93%. The time duration of TV watching was ≤1 hour per day, 2-4 hours and >4 hours in 62.39% ,35.62% and 2.02% children respectively. The percentage of the children were playing games or using computer for 1 hour was 60.72% ,35.66% for 2-4 hours and 3.62% for >4 hours. 17.3% children were reading for ≤1 hours, 76.22% fir 2-8 hours and 6.48% for>8 hours. The family background of 65.8% children was positive for myopia. Conclusion: Work and myopia had strong association. Parental myopia was also linked to myopia. Keywords: Myopia, Risk factors, Reading hours.

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