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Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Red eye is a very common presenting complaint in clinical practice among all age groups, including adolescents. Health habits formed during adolescence is carried to adulthood and is often a consequence of their perception. This study, therefore, determined the perception of students tow...

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Autores principales: Bodunde, Olubunmi Temitope, Sholeye, O. O., Onabolu, O. O., Otulana, T. O., Ajibode, H. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184630
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author Bodunde, Olubunmi Temitope
Sholeye, O. O.
Onabolu, O. O.
Otulana, T. O.
Ajibode, H. A.
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Sholeye, O. O.
Onabolu, O. O.
Otulana, T. O.
Ajibode, H. A.
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description BACKGROUND: Red eye is a very common presenting complaint in clinical practice among all age groups, including adolescents. Health habits formed during adolescence is carried to adulthood and is often a consequence of their perception. This study, therefore, determined the perception of students toward the red eye. AIM: To determine the perception of red eye and its associated factors among secondary school students in Sagamu. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 1082 senior secondary school students in Sagamu local government area, using a semi-structured self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Relevant descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated. RESULTS: The mean age of respondents was 15.27 ± 1.48 years. There were more females (54.8%) than males. Majority (81%) had heard of red eye, and this was mainly from neighbors; 58.4% felt they could not contact red eye from an infected person. About 35% would instill onion if they had a red eye. About 50.2% felt red eye could lead to blindness. Awareness of red eye was associated with age (P = 0.005), but not with sex and religion. Among respondents, 95.5% and 96.2% had a poor perception as well as a poor attitude toward red eye, respectively. CONCLUSION: The perception and attitude of senior secondary school students in Sagamu to red eye is poor. Appropriate eye health education and promotional services, including periodic eye examination of students, should be carried out in school health services. Early presentation to eye care centers for its treatment should be encouraged.
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spelling pubmed-49431572016-07-22 Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria Bodunde, Olubunmi Temitope Sholeye, O. O. Onabolu, O. O. Otulana, T. O. Ajibode, H. A. J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Red eye is a very common presenting complaint in clinical practice among all age groups, including adolescents. Health habits formed during adolescence is carried to adulthood and is often a consequence of their perception. This study, therefore, determined the perception of students toward the red eye. AIM: To determine the perception of red eye and its associated factors among secondary school students in Sagamu. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 1082 senior secondary school students in Sagamu local government area, using a semi-structured self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS Version 20. Relevant descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated. RESULTS: The mean age of respondents was 15.27 ± 1.48 years. There were more females (54.8%) than males. Majority (81%) had heard of red eye, and this was mainly from neighbors; 58.4% felt they could not contact red eye from an infected person. About 35% would instill onion if they had a red eye. About 50.2% felt red eye could lead to blindness. Awareness of red eye was associated with age (P = 0.005), but not with sex and religion. Among respondents, 95.5% and 96.2% had a poor perception as well as a poor attitude toward red eye, respectively. CONCLUSION: The perception and attitude of senior secondary school students in Sagamu to red eye is poor. Appropriate eye health education and promotional services, including periodic eye examination of students, should be carried out in school health services. Early presentation to eye care centers for its treatment should be encouraged. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4943157/ /pubmed/27453850 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184630 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Bodunde, Olubunmi Temitope
Sholeye, O. O.
Onabolu, O. O.
Otulana, T. O.
Ajibode, H. A.
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title Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria
title_full Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria
title_fullStr Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria
title_short Perception of red eye among senior secondary students in Sagamu, Southwest Nigeria
title_sort perception of red eye among senior secondary students in sagamu, southwest nigeria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.184630
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