A STUDY OF VISUAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN SCORING LOW GRADES AND THOSE WITH LACK OF CONCENTRATION AT SCHOOL IN PUNE CITY

A STUDY OF VISUAL PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN SCORING LOW GRADES AND THOSE WITH LACK OF CONCENTRATION AT SCHOOL IN PUNE CITY

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Background: A good vision is important for a student to reach his/her full academic Train Sets potential.Roughly 80 percent of what a child learns in school is information that is presented visually, hence good vision is essential.Methodology: The present study was a cross-sectional study conducted on 100 children within the age group of 5 to 10 completed years and scoring low grades at school exams.

The study was conducted with the help of predesigned semi-structured questionnaire which was to be filled by parents.The selected students also undergone vision testing, Colour vision testing, refractive errors, Anterior and Posterior segment examination, squint evaluation by us.Results: Out of the 100 children, 35% children were without any eye problem whereas 65% children showed some kind of vision related problem.

It was seen that 55% boys had vision problems compared to 45% in VIT E 12 girls.The major visual problems are allergic conjunctivitis (15%), Myopia (22%), convergence weakness (22%), squint (4%) and hypermetropia (4%).Roughly 60% parents were aware about some vision problem in their child.

Conclusion: Of 100 students with low performance in our study, 65% had treatable visual problems.The low performance can be attributed to the low vision but long term follow up is needed to see the improvement in scores and studies.