Open AccessAwareness of Presbyopia among Rural Female Population in North Karnataka
Author(s) -
Charushila V Gajapati,
A V Pradeep,
Anupama Kakhandaki,
R K Praveenchandra,
Sanjana Rao
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26125.10608
Subject(s) - presbyopia , optometry , medicine , literacy , accommodation , population , health literacy , demography , gerontology , environmental health , psychology , health care , sociology , pedagogy , neuroscience , economics , economic growth
Presbyopia is an age related loss of lens accommodation resulting in inability to read and/write or to do near work. Though literacy level may be low in rural female population of South India, but household works like sewing, sorting grains and operating mobile phones must be difficult due to presbyopia.