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The prevalence of refractive errors in the Middle East: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fahimeh Khoshhal; Hassan Hashemi; Elham Hooshmand; Mohammad Saatchi; Abbasali Yekta; Mohamadreza Aghamirsalim; Hadi Ostadimoghaddam; Mehdi Khabazkhoob is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of refractive errors in the middle east region. ## Methods: In this meta-analysis, a structured strategy was applied to search databases pubmed, web of science, scopus, and google scholar, databases as well as the reference lists of the selected articles to identify cross-sectional studies assessing the prevalence of refractive errors in the middle east region until september 2019. the outcome measure was the prevalence of refractive errors, including myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, in two age groups of ≤ 15 years and > 15 years. the study results were combined using a random effects model at a confidence level of 95%. ## Results: The prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism was 4% (95% ci 4, 5), 8% (95% ci 6, 10), and 15% (95% ci 10, 19) in people less than or equal to 15 years and 30% (95% ci 25, 34), 21% (95% ci 15, 28), and 24% (95% ci 16, 31) in subjects over 15 years, respectively. the prevalence of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism was 3.5%, 12.4%, and 9.0% in male and 4.2%, 13.1%, and 9.9% in female subjects aged ≤ 15 years, respectively. in subjects aged > 15 years, the prevalence was
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- Author
- Fahimeh Khoshhal; Hassan Hashemi; Elham Hooshmand; Mohammad Saatchi; Abbasali Yekta; Mohamadreza Aghamirsalim; Hadi Ostadimoghaddam; Mehdi Khabazkhoob
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0165-5701)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)