Waseem Ahmed Khan, Saba Haider Tarar, Shazia Siddiq, Muhammad Irfan Sadiq, Khansa Sohrab, Nimra Rafique.
Prevalence of Amblyopia in School Going Pediatric Population of Four Districts in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Al-Shifa J Ophthalmol Jan ;16(2):93-7.

Objective: To assess prevalence of Amblyopia in School going Pediatric Population in District Mirpur, Bhimber, Kotli and Pallandri, AJK. Study Design: Cross-sectional Descriptive Study Study Place and Duration: Participants included school going Pediatric Population in District Mirpur, Bhimber, Kotli and Pallandri, AJK from 1st March ,2016 to 30th June,2020. Materials and Methods: A community based study was carried out in both private as well as public sector schools of 4 districts of AJK. Children diagnosed having uncorrected refractive errors with Snellen chart and auto-refractokeratometer went through complete retinoscopy by an optometrist. Then the patients who had 6/12 vision in any eye with best possible correction and whose vision is did not improve by pin hole were selected. All the observations along with demographic information of patients were recorded on a pre-designed proforma and data analysis was done by SPSS version 21. Results: Out of total 155,776 children, 6043 children (03.87%) were diagnosed having refractive errors. Out of these 6043 children with different refractive errors, Amblyopia was diagnosed in 118 using a visual criterion of 20/30 or less on Snellen charts. Amblyopia prevalence was found to be 01.95% (95% confidence interval) with significant variation (p<0.001) across age groups. Conclusion: School eye health and school screening programs should be established and included as an essential part in primary health care.

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