Myopia among Medical Students-A Cross Sectional Study in A South Indian Medical College
Objective: A systematic cross-sectional study conducted in a South-Indian Medical College to establish refractive errors as a plebeian problem in young medical students. Background: Increase in myopia prevalence rates posing a threat to the health and economy of the developing countries. There is am...
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| author | S.Chalasani V.K.Jampala P.Nayak |
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| description | Objective: A systematic cross-sectional study conducted in a South-Indian Medical College to establish refractive errors as a plebeian problem in young medical students. Background: Increase in myopia prevalence rates posing a threat to the health and economy of the developing countries. There is ample evidence in the ophthalmic literature to support the classic view of association of myopia with the learned people. However, there are also suggestions in regard to the role of environmental, nutritional, hereditary and work associations for this dramatic increase in myopia. Method: In the present study, the medical students of NRI Medical College were studied for their refractive errors. In addition, their gender distributions, heights, weights, body mass indices were also studied in a batch-wise manner. Information about the refractive errors of eye of their parents are gathered through interviewing these medial students. Results and Conclusion: Our observations suggest that – (a) myopia is the predominant refractive errors among the medical students; (b) the numbers of myopic students in a batch of medical students are increasing year by year; (c) there is no apparent bias towards either gender and (d) majority of the parents of myopic medical students are also found to be myopic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e32d1196c05428b93a8b36505f6973c2022-12-22T00:22:41ZengAl Ameen Medical CollegeAl Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences0974-11432012-07-010503233242Myopia among Medical Students-A Cross Sectional Study in A South Indian Medical CollegeS.ChalasaniV.K.JampalaP.NayakObjective: A systematic cross-sectional study conducted in a South-Indian Medical College to establish refractive errors as a plebeian problem in young medical students. Background: Increase in myopia prevalence rates posing a threat to the health and economy of the developing countries. There is ample evidence in the ophthalmic literature to support the classic view of association of myopia with the learned people. However, there are also suggestions in regard to the role of environmental, nutritional, hereditary and work associations for this dramatic increase in myopia. Method: In the present study, the medical students of NRI Medical College were studied for their refractive errors. In addition, their gender distributions, heights, weights, body mass indices were also studied in a batch-wise manner. Information about the refractive errors of eye of their parents are gathered through interviewing these medial students. Results and Conclusion: Our observations suggest that – (a) myopia is the predominant refractive errors among the medical students; (b) the numbers of myopic students in a batch of medical students are increasing year by year; (c) there is no apparent bias towards either gender and (d) majority of the parents of myopic medical students are also found to be myopic.http://ajms.alameenmedical.org/ArticlePDFs%5CAJMS%20V5.N3.2012%20p%20233-242.pdfMyopiaMedical studentsBMIGenderParental influence |
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| title | Myopia among Medical Students-A Cross Sectional Study in A South Indian Medical College |
| title_full | Myopia among Medical Students-A Cross Sectional Study in A South Indian Medical College |
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| title_short | Myopia among Medical Students-A Cross Sectional Study in A South Indian Medical College |
| title_sort | myopia among medical students a cross sectional study in a south indian medical college |
| topic | Myopia Medical students BMI Gender Parental influence |
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