FP390

STUDY OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN   VISITING OPHTHALMOLOGY OPD AT TERTIARY CENTRE 

  PURPOSE:The aim of this study is early detection and correction of refractive errors
  METHODS:A Cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 school going children 
  of 5-18yrs visiting Ophthalmology OPD at a tertiary health centre.All children underwent
  cmplete ophthalmic  examination including cycloplegic refraction to identify the types, 
  measure and record the refractive errors for analysis.        
  RESULTS:The results of this study showed that the total number of children with
  refractive errors were 24(12%) among which myopia was the most common refractive 
  error present in 13(54.16%) children, followed by astigmatism in 10(41.66%) children and
  hypermetropia in the remaining 1(4.16%) child.The age group 14-18yrs had high
  prevalence of refractive error(36%).
  CONCLUSION: Refractive errors were most prevalent in 14-18yrs age group.The most
  common refractive error was Myopia followed by astigmatism and hypermetropia