Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Association of Selected Variables with Ocular Morbidity among School Going Children in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu

1Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73

2Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73

*Corresponding Author: S. Nambi, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sree Balaji Medical College, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Agharam Road, Selaiyur, Chennai-73

Online published on 27 March, 2020.

Abstract

Refractive errors are the leading cause of ocular morbidity in school-aged children of India. Children do not complain of defective vision and may not even be aware of their problem. Children in the school-going age group (6–16 years) represent 25% of the population in the developing countries. They offer significantly representative material for these studies as they fall best in the preventable blindness age group.

Keywords

Variables, children, Morbidity