Objectives: To determine the prevalence of refractive error, color vision defects and squint in age group 6-16yr. Study Design and Setting: cross sectional study done in School of Mathura city. Study Period: September 25 th to 28th September 2017. Results: A total of 1000 students were subjected to eye check up, where a total of6-16years age group with (M:F ratio=0.97:1.Ocular morbidity was detected in 290(29%) ocular disorders. Out of 1000 students 246 had refractive error, the most common ocular morbidity which accounted to 24.6% of total was ref error and uncorrected ref error was in 17.7%, followed by 2.7% squint cases,1.7% of colour vision defective cases Conclusion: This study shows the recent prevalence of most common ocular morbidities which include refractive error, were very high which demands yearly school eye check up to be made compulsory to improve the quality of eye-sight.
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