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A Study to Assess the Impact of Visual Media Usage on Visual Acuity and Selected Visual Problems among Children Attending Selected Eye Hospital, Coimbatore

Mariammal Pappu* , Mariammal Pappu* , S. Madhavi** , K. Poun Raju*** , Lintu Thomas****

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International Journal of Pediatric Nursing 3(1):p 33-38, . | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijpen.2454.9126.3117.5
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 Visual impairment is a global public health problem. Children with low vision may suffer from delayed growth and developmental and education problems. The World Health Organization reported that every minute somewhere in the world, a child goes blind. For most of them, there is no curative treatment of the underlying pathology. Vision plays a vital role in a child’s interpretation of the world. Visual impairment has a serious impact on a child’s physical and emotional development. Objectives: The main aim of the study was to assess the Visual Media Usage, Visual Acuity and Visual problems of children and to correlate the impact of visual Media usage with visual acuity. Methods: Descriptive correlational study design, variables studied were Visual Media usage, Visual Acuity and Visual Problem. Results: Correlation indicates that the obtained ‘r’ value was 0.792. It implied that there was a positive correlation between Visual Media usage with Visual Acuity at p<0.001 levels. Conclusion: Children who were high VMU viewers had more visual related and other problems and low visual acuity when compared to children with normal viewing. Fathers those who are well educated and family income is more the availability of visual medias at home endangers children for high usage.

Keywords: Visual Media Usage (VMU); Visual Acuity (VA); Visual Problems; Log MAR Value.

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  • Mariammal Pappu*
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  • Mariammal Pappu*
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  • S. Madhavi**
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  • K. Poun Raju***
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  • Lintu Thomas****
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