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Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: To assess the strabismus prevalence and associated factors among children aged ≤15 years. METHODS: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2017 to October 2017 in the Department of Ophthalmology & Optometry, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospi...

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Autores principales: Agaje, Bekalu Getahun, Delelegne, Demoze, Abera, Elias, Desta, Kindie, Girum, Mikael, Mossie, Mulat, Eshetu, Daniel, Hirigo, Agete Tadewos
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33076734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520964339
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author Agaje, Bekalu Getahun
Delelegne, Demoze
Abera, Elias
Desta, Kindie
Girum, Mikael
Mossie, Mulat
Eshetu, Daniel
Hirigo, Agete Tadewos
author_facet Agaje, Bekalu Getahun
Delelegne, Demoze
Abera, Elias
Desta, Kindie
Girum, Mikael
Mossie, Mulat
Eshetu, Daniel
Hirigo, Agete Tadewos
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description OBJECTIVE: To assess the strabismus prevalence and associated factors among children aged ≤15 years. METHODS: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2017 to October 2017 in the Department of Ophthalmology & Optometry, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect relevant data and clinical examinations were performed for patient diagnosis. RESULTS: Overall, 582 children participated in the study (response rate, 97%). The prevalence of childhood strabismus was 17.9% [95% confidence interval: 14.6–21.1]. Additionally, 9.6%, 16.7%, and 9.6% of the children had anisometropia, amblyopia, and dense cataract, respectively. Among the 16.7% of children with amblyopia, 56.7% had strabismus; among the 22.5% of children with clinically significant refractive error, 52.7% had strabismus. Moreover, among the 9.6% of children with anisometropia, 58.9% had strabismus. The presence of amblyopia (adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval]: 3.9, 1.7–8.6), age <5 years (13.5 [5.0–36.1]), age 5 to 10 years (6.1 [2.3–16.3]), and clinically significant refractive error (13.3 [5.8–30.6]) were significantly associated with childhood strabismus. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of strabismus was relatively high among patients in this study. Early screening for childhood strabismus is essential. A well-controlled community-based study is needed to confirm strabismus prevalence and predictors.
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spelling pubmed-75833932020-11-03 Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study Agaje, Bekalu Getahun Delelegne, Demoze Abera, Elias Desta, Kindie Girum, Mikael Mossie, Mulat Eshetu, Daniel Hirigo, Agete Tadewos J Int Med Res Prospective Clinical Research Report OBJECTIVE: To assess the strabismus prevalence and associated factors among children aged ≤15 years. METHODS: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2017 to October 2017 in the Department of Ophthalmology & Optometry, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. Interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect relevant data and clinical examinations were performed for patient diagnosis. RESULTS: Overall, 582 children participated in the study (response rate, 97%). The prevalence of childhood strabismus was 17.9% [95% confidence interval: 14.6–21.1]. Additionally, 9.6%, 16.7%, and 9.6% of the children had anisometropia, amblyopia, and dense cataract, respectively. Among the 16.7% of children with amblyopia, 56.7% had strabismus; among the 22.5% of children with clinically significant refractive error, 52.7% had strabismus. Moreover, among the 9.6% of children with anisometropia, 58.9% had strabismus. The presence of amblyopia (adjusted odds ratio [95% confidence interval]: 3.9, 1.7–8.6), age <5 years (13.5 [5.0–36.1]), age 5 to 10 years (6.1 [2.3–16.3]), and clinically significant refractive error (13.3 [5.8–30.6]) were significantly associated with childhood strabismus. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of strabismus was relatively high among patients in this study. Early screening for childhood strabismus is essential. A well-controlled community-based study is needed to confirm strabismus prevalence and predictors. SAGE Publications 2020-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7583393/ /pubmed/33076734 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520964339 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Prospective Clinical Research Report
Agaje, Bekalu Getahun
Delelegne, Demoze
Abera, Elias
Desta, Kindie
Girum, Mikael
Mossie, Mulat
Eshetu, Daniel
Hirigo, Agete Tadewos
Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
title Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
title_full Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
title_short Strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
title_sort strabismus prevalence and associated factors among pediatric patients in southern ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
topic Prospective Clinical Research Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33076734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520964339
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