?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prevalence+of+Ocular+Morbidity+Among+School+Adolescents+of+Gandhinagar+District%2C+Gujarat&rft.creator=Prajapati%2C+Prakash&rft.creator=Oza%2C+Jaydeep&rft.creator=Prajapati%2C+Jagruti&rft.creator=Kedia%2C+Geeta&rft.creator=Chudasama%2C+Rajesh+K+&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+To+study+the+prevalence+of+ocular+morbidity+(abnormal+condition)+and+various+factors+affecting+it+among+school+attending+adolescents.+Methods%3A+A+cross-sectional+study+was+conducted+to+study+abnormal+ocular+conditions+like+refractive+errors%2C+vitamin+A+deficiency%2C+conjunctivitis%2C+trachoma%2C+ocular+trauma%2C+blephritis%2C+stye%2C+color+blindness+and+pterygium+among+school+adolescents+of+10-19+years+age+in+rural+and+urban+areas+of+Gandhinagar+district+from+January+to+July%2C+2009.+Systematic+sampling+was+done+to+select+20+schools+having+6th+to+12th+standard+education+including+12+schools+from+rural+and+8+from+urban+areas.+Six+adolescents+from+each+age+year+(10-19)+were+selected+randomly+to+achieve+sample+size+of+60+from+each+school.+In+total%2C+1206+adolescents+including+691+boys+and+515+girls+were+selected.+Information+was+collected+from+selected+adolescents+by+using+proforma.+Visual+acuity+was+assessed+using+a+Snellen%E2%80%99s+chart+and+all+participants+underwent+an+ophthalmic+examination+carried+out+by+a+trained+doctor.+Results%3A+Prevalence+of+ocular+morbidity+among+school+adolescents+was+reported+13%25+(7.8%25+in+boys%2C+5.6%25+in+girls)%3B+with+5.2%25+have+moderate+visual+impairment.+Refractive+error+was+most+common+ocular+morbidity+(40%25)+both+among+boys+and+girls.+Almost+30%25+of+boys+and+girls+reported+vitamin+A+deficiency+in+various+forms+of+xerophthalmia.+Prevalence+of+night+blindness+was+0.91%25+and+of+Bitot%60s+spot+1.74%25.+Various+factors+like%2C+illiterate+or+lower+parents%E2%80%99+education%2C+lower+socio-economic+class+and+malnutrition+were+significantly+associated+with+ocular+morbidity.+Conclusion%3A+Ocular+morbidity+in+adolescents+is+mainly+due+to+refractive+error%2C+moderate+visual+impairment+and+xerophthalmia.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-01-20&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7248%2F1%2F2010-4-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Prajapati%2C+Prakash+and+Oza%2C+Jaydeep+and+Prajapati%2C+Jagruti+and+Kedia%2C+Geeta+and+Chudasama%2C+Rajesh+K+++(2011)+Prevalence+of+Ocular+Morbidity+Among+School+Adolescents+of+Gandhinagar+District%2C+Gujarat.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7248%2F