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A CROSS-SECTIONAL RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THE OCCURRENCE OF VISUAL DISORDERS AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN

Dr Kiran Nayab, Shujah-ur-Rehman, Ammar Asif

Background: Low vision is characterized as the visual keenness of under 6/18, but equivalent to or superior to 3/60, or a comparing visual field misfortune to under 20 degrees in the better eye with most ideal revision. Objective: To determine the frequency of visual disorders in school children. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional research was carried out at Mayo Hospital, Lahore (October 2017 to August 2018). 5360 understudies of various age gatherings and of both genders from the urban and rustic government schools were selected and screened. Schools were chosen in groups through arbitrary testing. Visual sharpness of all kids was checked by utilizing Snellen's Chart and youngsters with refractive mistakes were refracted at a similar spot and recommended the required number of glasses. The information was entered and dissected by utilizing SPSS. Results: Out of all-out 5360 youngsters 256 (4.77%) have refractive mistakes and 33 subjects (0.61%) including 23 (69.69%) guys and 10 (30.30%) females have low vision. The significant reason for low vision was observed to be Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) which accounted 13 cases (39.39%) of the absolute low vision patients while 7 cases (21.21%) of intrinsic waterfall, 4 (12.12%) Buphthalmos, 3(9.09%) Optic Atrophy, 3 (9.09%) Albinism, to (6.06%) Maculopathy and 1 (3.03%) high Myopia (Chorioretinal degeneration) Conclusion: Inherited infections have been observed to be the real reason for low vision prompting visual deficiency. The examination likewise uncovered that low vision is progressively regular in guys. There is high commonness of refractive mistakes found in this examination, giving the image of the expanded weight of eye issues. Keywords: Low Vision, Visual Acuity, Children, Refractive Errors. Corresponding author:

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