FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN

Objective: To determine frequency of color blindness and to assess self awareness regarding this ailment amongst the youngest age group in southern Punjab province of Pakistan. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Bahawalpur, from Jan...

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Autores principales:	Nauroz Fatima, Tariq Munawar, Tanzeel Fatima
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2018
Materias:	color blindness Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bee523b1149e46b4a0534e159fdb61312021-12-02T03:10:26ZFREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/bee523b1149e46b4a0534e159fdb61312018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2289/1985https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To determine frequency of color blindness and to assess self awareness regarding this ailment amongst the youngest age group in southern Punjab province of Pakistan. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Bahawalpur, from Jan 2016 to Jun 2017. Patients and Methods: Non probability consecutive sampling was done. Candidates who appeared for medical fitness examination were included; all of them belonged to the southern Punjab province of Pakistan. Visual acuity and best corrected visual acuity was assessed. Color vision was checked by using Ishihara color vision charts. Anterior and posterior segment examination of eyes was carried out. Results: Total 1000 candidates underwent color vision assessment. Overall 3.1% (31/1000) of the candidates were found to be color vision deficient. Out of them, 93.54% (29) were unaware of their condition. Conclusion: The screened population showed color blindness to be present in 3.1% of the candidates. Most of the individuals were unaware of the condition.Nauroz FatimaTariq MunawarTanzeel FatimaArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlecolor blindnessMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 68, Iss 5, Pp 1190-1193 (2018)
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spellingShingle	color blindness Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Nauroz Fatima Tariq Munawar Tanzeel Fatima FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN
description	Objective: To determine frequency of color blindness and to assess self awareness regarding this ailment amongst the youngest age group in southern Punjab province of Pakistan. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Bahawalpur, from Jan 2016 to Jun 2017. Patients and Methods: Non probability consecutive sampling was done. Candidates who appeared for medical fitness examination were included; all of them belonged to the southern Punjab province of Pakistan. Visual acuity and best corrected visual acuity was assessed. Color vision was checked by using Ishihara color vision charts. Anterior and posterior segment examination of eyes was carried out. Results: Total 1000 candidates underwent color vision assessment. Overall 3.1% (31/1000) of the candidates were found to be color vision deficient. Out of them, 93.54% (29) were unaware of their condition. Conclusion: The screened population showed color blindness to be present in 3.1% of the candidates. Most of the individuals were unaware of the condition.
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author	Nauroz Fatima Tariq Munawar Tanzeel Fatima
author_facet	Nauroz Fatima Tariq Munawar Tanzeel Fatima
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title	FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN
title_short	FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN
title_full	FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN
title_fullStr	FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN
title_full_unstemmed	FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN
title_sort	frequency of color blindness amongst the youngest age group in southern punjab province of pakistan
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/bee523b1149e46b4a0534e159fdb6131
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FREQUENCY OF COLOR BLINDNESS AMONGST THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN SOUTHERN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN

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