@article{Mehboob_Nisar_Khan_2019, title={Ametropia in children with headache: Ametropia in children with headache}, volume={35}, url={https://pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/268}, DOI={10.12669/pjms.35.3.268}, abstractNote={<p><em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> To measure the frequency of uncorrected ametropia in children with 2 to 8 weeks of persistent headache referred to ophthalmic outpatient department for evaluation.</p> <p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> This cross sectional study was conducted at CMH Gujranwala from March 2018 to November 2018.A total of 262 children, aged from 5 to 16 years, with 2 to 8 weeks history of persistent headache underwent detailed ophthalmic assessment for refractive errors, and other ophthalmic evaluation. Children with ametropia, confirmed with cycloplegic refraction and post-mydriatic testing were prescribed with glasses. Patients without any ophthalmic findings were referred back to pediatrics department for further evaluation.</p> <p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> Mean age of study population was 8.97 ± 3.16 years. Mean duration of headache was 5.03 ± 1.81 weeks. Ametropia was found in 56 (21.4%) children, while 206 (78.6%) had no refractive error. Out of children with ametropia, 20 (35.7%) had myopia, 24 (42.8%) had astigmatism and 12 (21.5%) had hypermetropia. There was no difference in ametropic children and children without ametropia with respect to gender (p=0.73), age (p=0.54) and duration of headache (p=0.71).</p> <p><em><strong>Conclusion:</strong></em> A significant proportion of children with ametropia have initial symptoms of headache. Any child with un-explained headache must undergo ophthalmic evaluation to diagnose refractive error, if any.</p> <p><strong>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.268</strong></p> <p><em><strong>How to cite this:</strong></em><br>Mehboob MA, Nisar H, Khan M. Ametropia in children with headache. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):701-704. <br>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.268</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Mehboob, Mohammad Asim and Nisar, Haider and Khan, Memoona}, year={2019}, month={May} }