Abstract: Many students complain of headache and poor concentration, may attributed to myopia, due to the excessive exposure to near vision resulting from some bad studying habits, reading books intensively and improper exposure to electronic devices for a long period or other daily habits that may have an impact directly or indirectly on the vision. The goal is to identify the prevalence of myopia among Jazan university students.
Material and result: A cross sectional study from medical & non-medical faculties has done as a cluster samples. Data is collected along four days duration using a semi-structured questionnaire after taking a verbal informed consent, Data processing by SPSS v20. We found that 78% of whole students study in improper position; there is high percentage of genetic factor among the students. The medical students spend most of their time in studying, while the non-medical students spend it on E-devices. 62% of students who are spend more than 3 hours in studying, and 89.3% of students who spend more than 3 hours in E-devices are myopic.
Conclusion: Myopia is a problem affecting Jazan university students whether those attending scientific type of studies (medical students) as well as non-medical, there is no difference of statistical significance between them in the point-prevalence of myopia, instead it is more or less the same about (50%). However, the environmental (modifiable) risk factors differ as medical students use electronic in studying, but non-medical students in other activities. The majority of students doesn’t practice eye relaxing exercise and don't follow proper positioning during studying. So, it is recommended to design an education program aiming at controlling the myopia problem.
Keywords: Myopia, Medical students, Near work, Jazan University.
Title: The Prevalence of Myopia among Sample of Jazan University Students during the Academic Year 1435-1436
Author: Nouf Mohammed Mari, Safiah Mohammed Albishi, Alrumaisaa Ahmad Daafi, Bashaer Abdulaziz Altowairqi, Wejdan Mohammed Hakami, Nourah Ali Homaily, Ruaa Abdullah Falqi, Ibtihal Mohammed Alamoudi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
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