Author's Name:	Mr. Jeremiah Philander Patric.S & P.Thenmozhi
Subject Area:	Social Science and Humanities
Subject	Education
Section	Research Paper

Refractive error, Spectacles, School children, Myopia

Introduction: Refractive error is a one of the most common problem among children which may lead to blindness.Refractive errors cannot be prevented, but they can be diagnosed early by a routine eye examination and treated with corrective glasses, contact lenses or refractive surgery. Objective:To determine the factors associated with refractive error among school children and to associate the selected demographic variables with factors associated with refractive error among school children. Material and method: The research design adopted for this study was non-experimental descriptive study. The study was conducted at selected school with 30 samples. The samples who met the inclusion criteria were selected by using convenient sampling technique. The tool used for the study was demographic variable and checklist to assess the factors associated with refractive error. Result: Out 30 samples, 18(60%) of the children have the refractive error due to heredity; 3(10%) of the children are found the refractive error with malnourished; 6 (23%) of the children have limited outdoor activity, watching TV, using computer and palsying videogames which constituted refractive error and 2(7%) for the children with refractive error due to reading books in dim light. Conclusion: Refractive error needs careful evaluation and preventive care for children which leads to impaired quality of life and interfere with their daily lifestyle. Assessing the risk factor will help us to prevent and control the problem of refractive error in future generation which is helpful for the students to live a life problem free life.