Open AccessPrevalence of ocular morbidity among tribal children in Jawadhi hills, southern India: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Krishnamurthy Mahesh,
Deepa John,
Anuradha Rose,
Padma Paul
Publication year - 2019
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_795_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , childhood blindness , refractive error , pediatrics , visual acuity , confidence interval , population , optometry , blindness , vitamin a deficiency , ophthalmology , pregnancy , vitamin , environmental health , gestational age , retinopathy of prematurity , retinol , pathology , biology , genetics
Childhood blindness is second to cataract in terms of blind person years; population-based prevalence of ocular morbidity among tribal children has not been studied. We conducted this study to determine the prevalence of ocular morbidity in tribal children age 15 years or younger in Jawadhi hills, southern India.