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Myopia in optometry students: family history, age of onset and personality
Author(s) -
Bullimore Mark A.,
Conway Roisin,
Nakash Adam
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1989.tb00907.x
Subject(s) - refractive error , personality , family history , optometry , psychology , eysenck personality questionnaire , big five personality traits , demography , ophthalmology , eye disease , medicine , extraversion and introversion , surgery , social psychology , sociology
The relationship between refractive error and family history, age of onset and personality was investigated in 189 optometry students. Subjects completed a questionnaire requesting details of their refractive history, type of correction and their family history. Subjects also completed an Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). Subjects were categorized as hyperopes, emmetropes or myopes on the basis of their questionnaire responses. No significant relationship was found between refractive group and the prevalence of myopia in parents. Myopic subjects, however, showed a significantly higher prevalence of myopic siblings. Furthermore, late‐onset myopes showed a higher prevalence of myopic siblings than early‐onset myopes. No significant personality differences were found between the refractive groups.