Visual Impairment Screening in Cibeusi Elementary School Students
Abstract: The World Health
Organization (WHO) shows that there are around 153 million people with visual
impairment due to uncorrected refractive error, mostly in 8–10 years. Screening
of visual function in earlier age is important, because it is treatable.
Correction of refractive error by using eye-glasses is the easiest and the cheapest
way. This study aimed to identify the frequency of visual impairment and
eye-glasses-used in children aged eight to ten in Cibeusi Elementary School.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted. This study was held in August
2014. Data were obtained from Cibeusi Elementary School in Jatinangor; simple random sampling technique was used to
select 8–10 years old students. The total number of respondent was 101
students. Screening for visual impairment was performed using E-Chart.
Result: Eleven eyes (5.44%) from a total of 202 eyes had visual
impairment. Six (5.94%) students had visual impairment, whereas only 1 (1%)
student used eye-glasses for improving his visual function. Visual impairment
was considerably high in boy-students aged 8 years and was most prevalence in 3rd grade
students.
Conclusions: There are visual impairments which are not corrected with
sunglasses.
Keywords: Children, corrected
refractive error, eye-glasses-used, visual impairment screening
Author: Dea Aprilianti
Permana, Feti Karfiati Memed, Putri Teesa Radhiyanti Santoso
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170146
