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american_scientific_journal-1558	Halari, Moheem Masumali; Halari, Chidambra Dhariwal; Adeiza, Otohinoyi David; Francis, D'Souza Ryan Alex; Calista, Igberi Ugochi; Ayotunde, Akanbi Hameed	Prevalence of Eye Defects Among Medical Students in Dominica	2016	9	.pdf	application/pdf	3898	196	57	The occurrence of eye defects among medical student tend to be alarming and student awareness scheme should be structured to help contain more cases of eye defect among medical students. Volume 18, No 1, pp 133-141 137 Table 1: Comparison between Pre-Med and MD classes based on various definitions Baseline Characteristics n=84 PreMed 1 – 4 No.(%) or (mean) ± S.D. n=116 MD 1 – 4 No.(%) or (mean) ± S.D. P value (where applicable) Age (17-19) ± .08 (20-22) ± 0.15 Male 25 (29.8) 49 (42.2) 0.071 Students with at least one Ophthalmologist visit 39 (46.4) 64 (55.1) 0.222 Individuals with blurred vision without visual aid 9 (10.7) 17 (14.7) 0.611 Individuals with recommended visual aid 25 (29.8) 36 (31.0) 0.932 Individuals with blurred vision despite aid 10 (11.9) 12 (10.3) 0.877 Difficulty in distinguishing colors 6 (7.1) 7 (6) 0.754 Immediate family with vision difficulty 63 (75) 95 (81.9) 0.237 Number of electronic devices/gadget owned by each student (Predominantly three) 38 (45.2) 45 (38.8) 0.688 Students who prefer reading on screen 35 (41.7) 24 (20.7) 0.001 Student who spend more than 3 hours on screen 66 (78.6) 107 (92.2) 0.035 Students with eye defects 45 (53.6) 54 (46.6) 0.327 Students with more than one eye defect 23 (27.4) 20 (17.2) 0.213 Students with eye defect in both eyes 27 (32.1) 30 (25.9) 0.212 Students with myopia 24 (28.6) 37 (31.9) 0.614 Students with hypermetropia 14 (16.7) 10 (8.6) 0.084 Students with colour blindness 3 (3.6) 3 (2.6) 0.687 Students with astigmatism 36 (42.9) 31 (26.7) 0.017 Prevalence of eye defect among medical students in Dominica were closely related to the survey done in Denmark and Norway	cache/american_scientific_journal-1558.pdf	txt/american_scientific_journal-1558.txt