Jamal Fellahati, Hamidreza Nikbin, Jamshid Motamed,
Volume 3, Issue 4 (Winter 2000)
Abstract
Refractive error is a disturbance that a picture from one object is not on retina, in this reason picture is not clear. A clear picture is very important for development of visual nervous system to 10 years- old in children. This study was performed in 7 boys school in Arak. Today 753 boys student in the range of 6-11 years-old by the screening test was examined for visual acuity. Prevalence for refractive error was 9.5%. The most prevalence refractive error was pure myopia (56.9%). Family History in 65.3% was positive.
Jamal Fellahati , Hamidreza Nikbin, Mohsen Ebrahimi , Mitra Frotan,
Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2001)
Abstract
Cataract is one of the important diseases in childhood that can be classified in two main groups: Congenital & Acquired. There hasn’t been any exact idea about the prevalence of this disease in childhood yet. On the other hand it has been very important to diagnose the disease before the age 6 years old. So that preventing from the adverse effects. We tried to perform our plan in the students of the primary schools in the city of Arak. The study was descriptive observational and cross-sectional. Total numbers of the students of the primary schools in Arak were 58557. We selected 7668 students (3972 boys & 3696 girls). 10 students (7 boys & 3 girls) had cataract. As a result the total prevalence of the cataract among the students of the primary schools in the city of Arak in spring (1376) was 0.13%.
