Open AccessPrevalence and Associated Factors of Amblyopia Among School Age Children at Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Mebratu Mulusew Tegegne,
Abel Sinshaw Assem,
Yosef Antehun Merie
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical optometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-2752
DOI - 10.2147/opto.s293446
Subject(s) - anisometropia , medicine , logistic regression , cross sectional study , refractive error , demography , odds , odds ratio , dioptre , public health , optometry , environmental health , pediatrics , visual acuity , ophthalmology , nursing , pathology , sociology
Worldwide, amblyopia prevalence among children is in the range of 0.13% to 12.9%. However, there are no known community-based data regarding amblyopia prevalence and its associated factors among school age children in Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of amblyopia and to identify factors associated with amblyopia among school age children in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia.