1Tutor, Physiology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi
2Professor and Head, of Physiology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi
3Professor of Biochemistry, J.N. Medical College, Belagavi
4Professor and Head of Ophthalmology, Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences, Belagavi
5Professor of Medicine, USM-KLE International Medical Programme, Belagavi
6Professor of Medicine USM-KLE International Medical Programme, Belagavi
*Corresponding author: Dr. Khundmeer Banu Athani MBBS, MD Email id: drkhundmeer117@yahoo.in Mob no: 9480014046
Online published on 16 July, 2018.
The world is colorful, the appreciation of color is very essential for our smooth daily activities. Significant number of peoples suffers from color vision defect but most of the time it remains an unnoticed problem.
To study the prevalence, “Gender difference” and involvement of “Ethnicity” factor in Colour vision defects among medical students.
Includes 100 Indian medical students from Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences (BIMS), Belagavi and 100 Malaysian medical students of USM-KLE, International Medical Programme (USM-KLE) Belagavi, of all the five phases, who were tested for presence of Colour vision defects with the help of Ishihara's Pseudoisochromatic chart and Edridge Green Lantern test.
Showed that, in BIMS medical students out of 100, 0% of the students were colour deficient, whereas in USM-KLE medical students out of 100, 2% of male medical students showed Green colour blindness.
Done by using Chi-square test.
The study concludes that, the prevalence of Colour vision defects was, 2% of male medical students of USM-KLE had Green colour blindness, indicating that males are more affected than females, which could be due to genetic predisposition, ethnic variations, congenital and acquired colour vision defects.
Colour vision defects, Medical students
