Document Type
Article
Department
Surgery
Abstract
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To describe the frequency of color vision deficiency among Pakistani adults presenting for pre-employment health screening in a tertiary care hospital.
METHODS:
The cross-sectional study was carried out at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, and the data was collected for color vision deficiency, age, gender, and job applied for from pre-employment examination during 2013-2014. IBM SPSS 20 was used for statistical analysis.
RESULTS:
Three thousand four hundred and thirty seven persons underwent pre-employment screening during 2013 and 2014; 1837 (53.44%) were males and 1600 (46.65%) females. The mean age was 29.01 (±6.53) years. A total of 0.9% (32/3437) persons had color vision deficiency with male being 1.4% and female 0.4%.
CONCLUSION:
Color vision deficiency was observed in 0.9% of candidates screened for pre-employment health check up in a tertiary care hospital. The color vision deficiency was predominantly present in male individuals.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Pak J Med Sci.
Recommended Citation
Chhipa, S.,
Hash, F.,
Ali, S.,
Kama, M.,
Ahmed, K.
(2017). Frequency of color blindness in pre-employment screening in a tertiary health care center in Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci., 33(2), 430-432.
Available at:
https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_surg_surg/596