Status quo investigation on low-grade pupils vision in Zhabei District of Shanghai City / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

[Objective] To investigate the present status of eyesight and eye health at home in low-grade pupils in Shanghai Zhabei District ,and to provide the basis for eyesight protection . [ Methods] Random cluster sampling was done in 7 primary schools .A total of 2 598 pupils of grade 1-3 were in-cluded into our investigation .Visual examination was done for them and questionnaires approach applied to obtain information on pupils and their eye health at home . [ Results] The low vision rate of low -grade pupils in primary schools in Zhabei District was 33.4%, of whom the boys were 31.5%, and the girls 35.6%.For pupils of grade one, two and three, the low vision rates were 30.2%, 31.3%and 39.7%re-spectively, and the mild low vision rates accounted for 72.5% of the total.It took hours per day for most pupils at home to do homework or read ,and only 32.8% pupils had an interval of relaxation in 1 hour or less in doing homework and reading . [ Conclusion] The low vision rate continues to rise ,and the ad-verse eye health habits are prevalent in the pupils .Behavior intervention should be carried out as early as possible among low-grade pupils for myopia prevention .