AUTHOR=Latif Muhammad Zahid , Hussain Intzar , Afzal Saira , Naveed Muhammad Asif , Nizami Rahila , Shakil Muhammad , Akhtar Abdul Majeed , Hussain Shabbir , Gilani Syed Amir 

TITLE=Impact of Refractive Errors on the Academic Performance of High School Children of Lahore

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.869294

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.869294

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Introduction: The process of learning begins in childhood and accurate vision can greatly affects the child’s learning capacity. It is documented that visual impairment in children can have a significant impact on their performance at school as well as their social interaction and development. 
Objective: The aim of this research was to study the impact of refractive corrections on the academic performance of high school children at Lahore. 
Methodology:
A total of 2000 students with equal distribution of gender, public and private school and locality were included in the study. All students were screened for defective vision. The academic performance before and after corrections was recorded on prescribed proforma.
Results: The prevalence of refractive error was high among the public high schools 244 (59.2%) as compared to private schools 168 (40.8%). While the area-based prevalence was higher among the students of urban setting 255 (62%) while in rural it was 157 (38%). It was found that, among public sector, average score of academic result before intervention was 56.39±13.24 which was increased to 60.27±14.94 after intervention while among private sector, before intervention average score was 63.53±17.50 which was improved to 67.12±18.48. That was found to be statistically significant at (p-value <0.05).
Conclusion: A significant impact was observed in the average academic scores of the results after refractive corrections.
Keywords: Prevalence, Refractive error, refractive corrections, School children, Academic Score