Impact of Refractive Error on Quality of Life among Paramedical Science Students of Teerthanker Mahaveer University

The goal is to evaluate how refractive error affects paramedical science student’s quality of life. Methods: 161 students (322 eyes) participated in a descriptive cross-sectional study.
Refractive status and quality of life were evaluated using clinical refraction and a validated questionnaire. Chi-square and ANOVA tests were used to analyze the data.
Findings: The most common conditions were myopia (34.2%), hyperopia (7.5%), and astigmatism (34. 8%), with 23.6% being emmetropic. Females had a considerably higher prevalence of astigmatism (p = 0.01).
Astigmatism had the lowest quality of life scores, followed by myopia and hyperopia (ANOVA, p = 0. 04).
Conclusion: Astigmatism has the biggest detriment al impact on paramedical students' quality of life du e to refractive errors.

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