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Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Strabismus is a manifest deviation of the eye that exceeds the control of the fusional mechanism so that the eyes are misaligned under binocular conditions. Its prevalence reaches from 0.7% to 5% globally and 1.5% to 17.9% in Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalen...

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Autores principales: Tegegne, Mebratu Mulusew, Fekadu, Sofonias Addis, Assem, Abel Sinshaw
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8041646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854396
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S300124
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Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
Assem, Abel Sinshaw
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description INTRODUCTION: Strabismus is a manifest deviation of the eye that exceeds the control of the fusional mechanism so that the eyes are misaligned under binocular conditions. Its prevalence reaches from 0.7% to 5% globally and 1.5% to 17.9% in Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of strabismus and its associated factors among school-age children living in Bahir Dar city. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 15 to May 25, 2019, in Bahir Dar city and a total of 632 participants were recruited using a multistage sampling technique. The data were collected with a face-to-face interview, Snellen acuity, prisms, pen torch, portable slit lamp, and ophthalmoscope. The collected data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and transposed to statistical package for social science version 20 for formal statistical analysis. Frequency (percentage), mean (standard deviation), tables and graphs were used to present the summary statistics. All variables with a p-value of less than 0.2 in bi-variable logistic regression were entered into multiple logistic regression and variables with a p-value of less than 0.05 were taken as significantly associated with strabismus. The strength of association between variables was shown with an odds ratio and a 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: A total of 611 children participated with a response rate of 96.7% and a mean age of 12.3 (±3.25). The prevalence of strabismus was 31 (5.0%), 95% CI: (3.45, 6.97). Family history of strabismus (AOR= 3.9 (95% CI: 1.71, 11.22)), hyperopia ≥ +3.00 diopters sphere (AOR=5.3 (95% CI: 2.01, 10.77)), and not with exclusive breastfeeding (AOR= 2.9 (95% CI: 1.14, 4.71)) were the only risk factors found for strabismus. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of strabismus was 5% among children living in Bahr Dar city. A family history of strabismus, not with exclusive breastfeeding, and hyperopia ≥ +3.00 diopters sphere were associated with strabismus.
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spelling pubmed-80416462021-04-13 Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study Tegegne, Mebratu Mulusew Fekadu, Sofonias Addis Assem, Abel Sinshaw Clin Optom (Auckl) Original Research INTRODUCTION: Strabismus is a manifest deviation of the eye that exceeds the control of the fusional mechanism so that the eyes are misaligned under binocular conditions. Its prevalence reaches from 0.7% to 5% globally and 1.5% to 17.9% in Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of strabismus and its associated factors among school-age children living in Bahir Dar city. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 15 to May 25, 2019, in Bahir Dar city and a total of 632 participants were recruited using a multistage sampling technique. The data were collected with a face-to-face interview, Snellen acuity, prisms, pen torch, portable slit lamp, and ophthalmoscope. The collected data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and transposed to statistical package for social science version 20 for formal statistical analysis. Frequency (percentage), mean (standard deviation), tables and graphs were used to present the summary statistics. All variables with a p-value of less than 0.2 in bi-variable logistic regression were entered into multiple logistic regression and variables with a p-value of less than 0.05 were taken as significantly associated with strabismus. The strength of association between variables was shown with an odds ratio and a 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: A total of 611 children participated with a response rate of 96.7% and a mean age of 12.3 (±3.25). The prevalence of strabismus was 31 (5.0%), 95% CI: (3.45, 6.97). Family history of strabismus (AOR= 3.9 (95% CI: 1.71, 11.22)), hyperopia ≥ +3.00 diopters sphere (AOR=5.3 (95% CI: 2.01, 10.77)), and not with exclusive breastfeeding (AOR= 2.9 (95% CI: 1.14, 4.71)) were the only risk factors found for strabismus. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of strabismus was 5% among children living in Bahr Dar city. A family history of strabismus, not with exclusive breastfeeding, and hyperopia ≥ +3.00 diopters sphere were associated with strabismus. Dove 2021-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8041646/ /pubmed/33854396 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S300124 Text en © 2021 Tegegne et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Tegegne, Mebratu Mulusew
Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
Assem, Abel Sinshaw
Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Prevalence of Strabismus and Its Associated Factors Among School-Age Children Living in Bahir Dar City: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort prevalence of strabismus and its associated factors among school-age children living in bahir dar city: a community-based cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8041646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854396
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S300124
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