Tariq Pervaiz Khan, Fakha R Humayun.
Amblyopic Risk Factors and its Prevalence among Growing Children in Our Population.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):309-11.

Aim : To assess Amblyopic risk factors and its prevalence among growing children in our population Study design: A Cross sectional study was designed to be carried out at out patient department CMH Lahore from Nov 2014 to Nov 2015. Methods: The study was conducted at eye department CMH Lahore from Nov 2014 to Nov 2015 which provides tertiary level eye care facilities. During this period a total of 1192 children aged 5–15 years were examined at this Center's Pediatric Ophthalmic Unit. All the children were subjected to complete visual assessment. Snellen acuity chart was used to document initial vision in both eyes . Those who fail to read standard 6/6 criteria of normal vision were further evaluated with dilated fundus examination and cycloplegic refraction. Squint was assessed with help of cover uncover supplemented by prisms and corneal reflection test. Results: A total of 119 2 children were screened and 43 (3.60 %) among the recruited cases were found to have reduction of best correctable visual acuity either in one eye or both eyes. There were 609 (51.09%) males and 583 (48.90 %) females. 26 (60.4%) documented cases of amblyopia were less than 10 years of age. Anisometropia seems to be the leading risk factor in growing age causing loss of vision 14(32.5%). Meridional accounting 11(25.5%), strabismus 9(20.9%), stimulus deprivation (13.9%) and combined 3(6.9%). The prevalence of amblyopia among growing children visiting to eye OPD CMH Lahore was found to be 3.60 % which is closely related to any other published material on amblyopia. Conclusion : Detection of Amblyopia in early years by screening is essential since it is manageable in many cases thereby preventing visual disability in later life.

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