Patterns of Refractive Error in Children Based on School Screening in Rural Karnataka
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: H545- Low vision, one eye
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/08/072121
- Lead Sponsor
- I
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. The already recorded data of students aged between 4 to 16 years who attended the school screening camp organized by Kasturba Medical College in Shringeri taluk, Chikamagaluru district, and Agumbe, and Thirthahalli taluk of Shimoga district, Karnataka will be tabulated and analysed.
2.Records of Children of both genders will be recorded.
3.All ocular disorders which could be diagnosed with the Snellen visual acuity test, torchlight anterior segment evaluation, and undilated fundus evaluation will be recorded.
1)Those whose parents/guardians did not consent to taking part in the school screening camp
2)Children who were unwell to participate in the school screening camp.
3)Records of children who presented at the hospital for screening and not at the school eye health camp were excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The prevalence of refractive error and other eye diseases and the socio- demographic profiling of students with refractive error.Timepoint: 1 year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI