Prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in the Bongo District of Ghana

To estimate the prevalence and distribution of uncorrected refractive error among school children in Bongo District Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted 12–15-year-old eighteen public junior high schools External internal eye examinations were while a non–cycloplegic refraction technique used to determine errors children. total 1,705 recruited examined for errors. Their mean age ± SD 14.1 0.9 years. The 1.8% (95% CI 1.2%—2.5%) with myopia (0.8%; 95% 0.5%—1.4%) being most common, followed by astigmatism (0.6%; 0.3%—1.1%) then hyperopia (0.4%; 0.2%—0.8%). multinomial logistic regression revealed that female students had about three times higher risk having as compared males after adjusting which statistically significant (ARR: 2.7; 1.2-6.3; z = 2.3; P .02). None correction. Even though this is lower than reported different parts country, none an There is, therefore, need other studies be further explore cause well varying northern southern