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PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence and causes of visual impairment and other ocular comorbidities among tribal children in an urban school population in eastern India. METHOD: In this cross-sectional study, vision screening tests were administered to tribal school children. Demographic data, including name, age, sex, home district, height, and weight of each child, and examination data, including unaided and pinhole visual acuity, external eye examination with a flashlight, slit-lamp examination, intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, and undilated fundus photography, were collected. Children with visual acuity of less than 20/20, abnormal anterior or posterior segment findings, and IOP of >21 mm Hg were referred for further evaluation. RESULTS: Of 10,038 children (5,840 males [58.2%]) screened, 335 (median age, 9 years; range, 6-17 years) were referred. Refractive error was the most common cause of visual impairment (59.52%; 95% CI, 51.97-66.65) followed by amblyopia (17.2%; 95% CI, 12.3-23.6) and posterior segment anomaly (14.88%; 95% CI, 10.2-21.0). The prevalence of best-corrected visual acuity of 20/40 was 0.13%. The prevalence of blindness was 0.03%. CONCLUSIONS: Visual impairment among tribal children in this residential school is an uncommon but important disability.
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Ambliopía/epidemiología , Etnicidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Errores de Refracción/epidemiología , Población Urbana/estadística & datos numéricos , Baja Visión/epidemiología , Personas con Daño Visual/estadística & datos numéricos , Adolescente , Ambliopía/diagnóstico , Niño , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Presión Intraocular/fisiología , Masculino , Prevalencia , Errores de Refracción/diagnóstico , Microscopía con Lámpara de Hendidura , Selección Visual , Agudeza Visual/fisiologíaRESUMEN
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