ArticleFrontiers in public health2022
Impact of Refractive Errors on the Academic Performance of High School Children of Lahore.
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- Health of school-age children and adolescents in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The case for investment in eye health: systematic review and economic modelling analysis.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2023Pooled it
- Correlation analysis between visual factors and academic performance in Chinese children.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Visual acuity problems, access to care, and related academic performance among primary school students in Tanzania: a mixed methods study.Vulnerable children and youth studies · 2026Article
- The Fundus Red Reflex Test Using a Smartphone Showed High Accuracy Compared to an Autorefractor to Detect Refractive Errors in Children.Journal of ophthalmic & vision research · 2026Article
- Parents' and teachers' perspectives on the barriers to spectacle uptake among learners in the Free State, South Africa.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2026Article
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- Prevalence of uncorrected refractive error in low-resource high schools in the Free State, South Africa.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Trends in prevalence and disability-adjusted life years for refractive disorders in China and globally from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Priorities in school eye health in low and middle-income countries a scoping review.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Introduction: The process of learning begins in childhood and accurate vision can greatly affects a child's learning capacity. It is documented that visual impairment in children can have a significant impact on their performance at school as well as their social interaction and development. Objective: This research aimed to study the impact of refractive corrections on the academic performance of high school children in Lahore. Methodology: A total of 2,000 students with equal distribution of gender, public, private school, and locality were included in the study. All students were screened for defective vision. The academic performance before and after corrections was recorded on the prescribed proforma. Results: The prevalence of refractive error was high among the public high schools 244 (59.2%) as compared to the private schools 168 (40.8%). The area-based prevalence was higher among the students in urban settings 255 (62%) while in rural it was 157 (38%). It was found that in the public sector, the average score of academic results before the intervention was 56.39 ± 13.24 which was increased to 60.27 ± 14.94 after the intervention while in the private sector, before the intervention, the average score was 63.53 ± 17.50 which was improved to 67.12 ± 18.48. It was found to be statistically significant at Conclusion: A significant impact was observed in the average academic scores of the results after refractive corrections.
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