Prevalence and causes of eye diseases amongst students in south-western Nigeria

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Ajaiyeoba, A I ^a   Isawumi, M A ^b   Adeoye, A O ^b   Oluleye, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Corneal opacity; Refractive error; Squint; Vernal conjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EYE DISEASE; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 34250650149     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. National Population Commission, Federal Office of Statistics, Lagos, 1991
2. Onwasigwe EN, Umeh RE, Onwasigwe CN, et al. Referral pattern of children to the eye department of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology 1996;1: 5-6
3. Ajaiyeoba AI. Childhood eye diseases in Ibadan. Afr J Med med Sci 1994; 23: 227-231
4. Abiose A, Allanson DB. Ocular health status of post primary school children in Kaduna, Nigeria. Report of a survey. J Paediatr Ophthalmol Strab 1980; 17:337-340
5. Yoloye MO. Patterns of visual defects and eye diseases among primary school children in Ibadan, Nigeria. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos, 1991
6. Alakija W. Poor distant vision in post-primary schools in Benin City. Pub Hlth 1998;95:165-170
7. Balogun BG. Vision screening among primary school children in mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos, 1999
8. Okosa MC. Prevalence and pattern of ocular problems among secondary school students in Enugu, Nigeria. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos, 1998
9. Rose K, Younan C, Morgan I, et al. Prevalence of undetected ocular conditions in a pilot sample of school children. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003;31:237-240
10. Nwosu SN. Childhood eye diseases in Anambra State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology 1997;7: 34-38
11. Ozemela CP, Bolarin IB. School eye health services in Kaduna State. Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology 1997;5:60-63
12. Onyekwe LO, Ajaiyeoba AI, Malu KN. Pattern of eye diseases among school children in the Jos Plateau, Nigeria. Nigerian Medical Journal 1998; 34: 9-12
13. Avencens RI, Mersheld BC. Vision problems in infants and children. Public Health and Community Optometry, New York, 1990; 118-119
14. Dawodu OA. Causes of visual impairment in secondary school children in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos, 1993
15. Majekodunmi S. Vernal conjunctivitis in Nigerian children. J Paediatr Ophthalmol Strab 1978;15:176-178
16. Wedner SH, Foster A. Prevalence of eye diseases in primary school children in a rural area of Tanzania. Br J Ophthalmol 2000; 84: 1291-1297
17. Taylor HR. Refractive errors: Magnitude of the need. J Comm Eye Hlth 2000; 13:1-2
18. Faderin MA, Ajaiyeoba AI. Barriers to wearing glasses among primary school children in Lagos, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Ophthalmology 2001;1:15-19
19. Childhood Blindness Prevention. Report of WHO/IAPB scientific meeting, Hyderabad, India. 1999; WHO/PBL/87, 13-17
20. Kaimpo WA, Kaimbo D. A case report of a 10-year-old with corneal hydrops associated with vernal conjunctivitis. Bull Soc Belge Ophthalmol 2000;283:29-33
21. Akinsola FB, Ajaiyeoba AI. Causes of low vision and blindness in a blind school in Lagos, Nigeria. W Afr J Med 2002;2: 63-65
22. Umeh RE, Umeh CO. Causes of visual outcome of childhood eye injuries. Eye 1997;11: 489-495
23. Adeoye AO. Eye injuries in the young. Niger J Med 2002;11: 6-9
24. McGinnity F, Bryars JH. Controlled study of ocular morbidity in school children born preterm. Br J Ophthalmol 1992; 76: 520-524
25. Akinsola FB. Pattern of eye diseases in Nigerian children seen at Lagos University Teaching Hospital: a decade after. Nigerian Medical Practitioner 1993; 25:47-53
26. Majekodunmi AA. Uveitis in Nigerian children. Nigerian Medical Journal 1978;8:425-427
27. Giles C. Uveitis in childhood. Parts I-III. Ann Ophthalmol 1989;21:13-28