Ocular Disorder in Students with Intellectual Impairment and Other Neurological Disorders: A Case Series
Purpose: Literature shows high prevalence of ocular disorder in children with mental retardation. This study aims to evaluate the ocular disorders in children with Intellectual impairment and other neurological disorders. Materials and methods: 36 school students (15 females, 24 males) aged between 5-18 years were included in this case series study. All children had undergone through a complete eye examination including a standard sensory and motor evaluation to assess binocular vision dysfunction. Results: Result shows 97.22% students have ocular problem. Refractive error (48.71%) and binocular vision disorder (35.80%) were the major ocular problems following by ocular disease (ex; keratoconus, glaucoma) (5%) seen in this study. Conclusion: Prevalence of refractive error and binocular vision dysfunction is high in the students with intellectual impairment and other neurological disorders. This study suggests that all children with these similar disabilities should undergo an annual eye checkup to prevent visual impairment for their future life.