Author/Authors :
MOHIDIN, NORHANI Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Kesihatan Bersekutu - Jabatan Optometri, Malaysia , AKHIR, SAADAH MOHD Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Kesihatan Bersekutu - Jabatan Optometri, Malaysia , ALI, BARIAH MOHD Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Kesihatan Bersekutu - Jabatan Optometri, Malaysia , MOHAMMED, ZAINORA Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Fakulti Sains Kesihatan Bersekutu - Jabatan Optometri, Malaysia , SHARANJEET, K. Chung Optometry Consultant, Kuala Lumpur , CHUNG, K.M. Chung Optometry Consultant, Malaysia
Abstract :
A vision screening study was carried out among Indian schoolchildren around Kuala Lumpur to determine whether the prevalence of myopia was higher in boys or girls. Altogether 749 students (49.7% boys and 50.3% girls) aged 7-18 years were screened and their refractive error examined using retinoscopy without cycloplegia. For the right eye 15.1% of the girls’ eyes were found to be myopic as compared to 16.9% of the boys, of which chi-square showed no significant difference (p = 0.44). For the left eye 18.8% of the girls’ eyes were myopic as compared to 16.4% of the boys. Chi square also showed no significant difference (p = 0.26). When high myopia ( -6.00D) was considered, there was no difference found between boys and girls. The number of students with high myopia greater than -6.00D was also very small (0.3%-0.5%). In conclusion, it was found that there was no significant difference in myopia between girls andboys among Indian schoolchildren.
Keywords :
myopia , gender , sex , schoolchildren , retinoscopy
