Prevalence of Refractive Errors in Primary School Children in The New Valley | ||
| Journal of Current Medical Research and Practice | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2025, Pages 205-214 PDF (343.01 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jcmrp.2025.309818.1108 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Omar Mohammed Ali; Ahmed Mahmoud Fahmy Fathallah; Mohammed Anwar Sayed; Doaa Anwar Mohamed Said* | ||
| Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: Purpose: To assess refractive error prevalence in primary school children aged 6-12 in the New Valley, Egypt. Design: Observational, cross-sectional study. Methods: This study included 500 children, who were categorized into eight groups based on their refractive status: emmetropia (normal), hypermetropia, myopia, simple hypermetropic astigmatism, simple myopic astigmatism, compound hypermetropic astigmatism, compound myopic astigmatism, and mixed astigmatism. Results: Following cycloplegia, 136 children (27.2%) had no refractive error, while 364 (72.8%) were diagnosed with various refractive errors. The most prevalent conditions were mixed astigmatism (24.8%), hypermetropia (20.8%), and simple myopic astigmatism (8.8%). Less common errors included compound hypermetropic astigmatism (6.4%), compound myopic astigmatism (6.4%), and myopia (4.8%). Simple hypermetropic astigmatism was the least frequent, identified in only four children (0.8%). Conclusion: This study is a crucial screening survey for upper Egypt students. This study discovered that astigmatism, hypermetropia, and myopia were the most common errors. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Myopia; Hypermetropia; Astigmatism | ||
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