Al Bahhawi Tariq, Makeen Anwar M, Daghreeri Hadi Hassan, Tobaigy Mohannad Faisal, Adawi Abdulrahman Mohammed, Guhal Faisal Mohammed, Akkur Murad Abdullah, Alotayfi Mohsen Jaber, Otayf Mutaz Mohammed, Bajoned Meshal Salem, Mahfouz Mohamed Salih
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Open Ophthalmol J. 2018 Sep 28;12:264-272. doi: 10.2174/1874364101812010264. eCollection 2018.
Refractive error is a common and serious eye disorder that affects more than 153 million people globally. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and pattern of refractive error among male primary school children in Jazan region, Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among a randomly selected group of 395 students (aged 6-14 years) in Jazan region, Southwest Saudi Arabia. An optometrist and medical students assessed the refraction error using an autorefractor, a Snellen E chart and retinoscopy.
The overall prevalence of uncorrected refractive error in either eye was, 22% higher among rural students. The most prevalent refractive error was hyperopia (32.2%) followed by myopic astigmatism (31%) then myopia (17.2%). Next were hyperopic astigmatism (16.1%) and mixed astigmatism (3.5%). The following variables were associated with a higher risk of refractive errors and myopia: living in rural areas, having parents with refractive errors, spending more time on electronic devices and shorter visual distances.
Refractive error was highly prevalent among primary school children in Jazan, Saudi Arabia. The rural students were more affected by refractive errors, mainly hyperopia. The preschool vision test should be reconsidered, and a periodic vision examination should be applied to detect vision problems as early as possible.
屈光不正一种常见且严重的眼部疾病，全球超过1.53亿人受其影响。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯吉赞地区小学男生屈光不正的患病率及模式。
在沙特阿拉伯西南部吉赞地区随机选取395名6至14岁学生进行横断面研究。一名验光师和医学生使用自动验光仪、斯内伦E字表和检眼镜检查屈光不正情况。
单眼未矫正屈光不正的总体患病率为农村学生比城市学生高22%。最常见的屈光不正类型是远视（32.2%），其次是近视散光（31%），然后是近视（17.2%）。接下来是远视散光（16.1%）和混合散光（3.5%）。以下变量与屈光不正和近视的较高风险相关：生活在农村地区、父母有屈光不正、花更多时间在电子设备上以及视觉距离较短。
屈光不正在沙特阿拉伯吉赞地区的小学生中非常普遍。农村学生受屈光不正影响更大，主要是远视。应重新考虑学龄前视力检查，并应定期进行视力检查以便尽早发现视力问题。
