Open AccessStatus of eye health among tribal school children in South India
Author(s) -
Anuradha Narayanan,
Sruthi Sree Krishnamurthy,
Karthika Pandurangan,
Bhavatharini Ramakrishnan,
Hemamalini Ramajayam,
Rahul Kumar
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_1351_20
Subject(s) - medicine , refractive error , visual impairment , confidence interval , optometry , tamil , normal vision , specialty , cross sectional study , visual acuity , eye care , pediatrics , ophthalmology , family medicine , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , psychiatry
Global trends show a high prevalence of refractive errors among children. The prevalence of vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors among school children is increasing and the need for management of other ocular conditions is also reported. This study presents the status of eye health and pattern of daily activities among the school children of a tribal location in Tamil Nadu, South India.