Abstract
Objective: To find out the prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in anisometropic patients.
Study design: It is a descriptive cross sectional hospital based study.
Place and duration of study: An Eight-month study was carried out in Ophthalmology department of Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi . (from Aprill 2022 to December 2022)
Material and Methods: Sixty patients were studied during the research duration and consecutive sampling technique is followed to collect the sample. Detailed history and examination of patients was done starting from Slit lamp examination followed by assessment of visual acuity, refraction and Fundus examination. Orthoptics assessment was done to the patients who were presented with complaint of deviation.
Results: Out of all the anisometropic patients more than two third were amblyopic. As per data 60 were total patients 46 were amblyopic. Total 09 patients were presented with the Strabismus out of which 07 had esotropia and 02 had Exotropia.12 patients were presented with just the asthenopic symptoms that were corrected with the correction as their visual status reached to the 6/6.
Conclusion: Most commonly anisometropia is associated with the amblyopia and then strabismus. It is more common in females and most commonly affected age groups is 16-25 and then 06-15. There is less prevalence of strabismus because mostly patients are orthophoric.
Keywords: Anisometropia, Refractive Error, Amblyopia, Strabismus.
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