| Refractive status of medical students of mymensingh medical college. | |
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PMID: 20956887 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This study is done to find out the refractive status of medical students of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), Mymensingh, Bangladesh. They are of the age of 17-19 years. This is a nonrandom purposive cross sectional study done at late part of the November 2008. Visual acuity estimation, automated refraction, streak retinoscopy, fundoscopy using +78D volk lens were done according to the need of the cases. Out of 175 students 53.14% are emmetropic and 46.86% are ametropic, ametropia is nearly equal in both sexes (male 51.22%, female 48.78%). About all students are of highest academic attainment (GPA 5). About one quarter of the ametropic students (21.61%) are not using spectacles. Simple myopia (81.70%) and myopic astigmatism (18.30%) are the types of ametropia. Out of 67 simple myopic students 56 are of bilateral involvement and 11 are of unilateral involvement. There is similarity in the distribution of sex & refractive status in between general population & medical students of Bangladesh. Myopia and myopic astigmatism are prevalent among medical students. |
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A H Akhanda; M A Quayum; N I Siddiqui; M M Hossain |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Mymensingh medical journal : MMJ Volume: 19 ISSN: 1022-4742 ISO Abbreviation: Mymensingh Med J Publication Date: 2010 Oct |
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Created Date: 2010-10-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9601799 Medline TA: Mymensingh Med J Country: Bangladesh |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 493-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Dr Md Aminul Haque Akhanda, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. |
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