Risk Factors of Miopia In Junior High School Students in Denpasar
I Nengah Kapti,I Made Dharma Putra
faculty of Medicina and health sciences, Warmadewa university
Abstract
Patient with refractive disorders in Indonesia almost reached 25% of the population or about 55 million people. Myopia is one of the refractive disorders in the eye that has a high prevalence in the world. The purpose of this study was to know the risk factors of myopia in junior high school students in Denpasar. This research was an analytical research with case control design with subjectstaken from junior high school students in Denpasar. School samples were choosed using cluster random sampling and the students by simple random sampling. There are 49 people who has miopia as the case and 49 people without it as the control. Data were collected by direct interviewed using prepared questionnaires, is analyzed using chi square test. The result showed significant correlation between genetic factor and myopia (p = 0,013; α <0,05), lifestyles (p = 0,02, α <0,05), and vitamins A, C, D and E (p = 0,039; α <0,05). It is expected that community healht care and schools to conduct routine checks, early detection of eye health and educate the lifestyle and vitamin consumption.
Keywords: myopia, genetic, lifestyle, vitamins A, C, D and E.
Topic: Biology