Visual impairment and its associated factors among medical and health sciences students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Visual impairment (VI) is a decreased ability to see things which is critical problem for health professionals and students to whom normal vision is essential for their daily activity. If it is not timely managed, visual impairment leads to physical, psychological, and socio-economic malfunctions to the victims and nation. Despite the above impacts, currently there is no study in Ethiopia on this topic. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of visual impairment and its associated factors among Medical and Health Science students at the University of Gondar.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to March 2020 among Medical and Health Science students. After recruiting study participants using systematic random sampling techniq

SUBMITTER: Getnet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8376000 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature