Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

The Prevalence of Refractive errors in patients presenting with Headache.

Dr Shazia Qayum, Dr Abhishek Padha

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BACKGROUND: Headache is defined as the pain located above orbitomeatal line. Most of the people attribute their headache to ocular problem, despite this strong popular belief there is no definite indication that refractive errors is a cause of chronic headaches. In this context, the present study was conducted to study the prevalence of refractive errors as the cause of headache. AIM: The aim of this study was to document the prevalence of refractive errors in patients with headache of unknown origin and to compare it with that of headache-free controls. METHODOLOGY: The present prospective cross sectional study was conducted in the Department of Ophthalmology at Government Medical College and Hospital, Rajouri. A total of 155 patients with headache and 421 were included in control group. Detailed ocular assessment was done on all patients. The prevalence of the refractive errors, anisometropia, and previous miscorrection of refractive errors in patients with headache were compared with headache were compared with controls. A p value of <0.05 was regarded as statistically significant. RESULTS: There were 82 females and 73 males in the headache group(Group A) and 221 females and 200 males in the control group(Group B).The relative risk of astigmatism was significantly higher in Group A (Odd’ratio = 2.75; 95% CI: 1.89-3.99)with so significant difference in other types of refractive error between two groups. The prevalence of miscorrection was 16.19% and 3.08% in the headache and the control groups, respectively. The prevalence of anisometropia was significantly more (p=0.0004) in Group A 23.8% than 2.37% in Group B. CONCLUSION: Thus as a result of our study we concluded that astigmatism, anisometropia, and miscorrected refractive error are more frequently noticed in patients with headache than in control subjects.

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THE PREVALENCE OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH HEADACHE., DR SHAZIA QAYUM, DR ABHISHEK PADHA GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-6 | June-2019

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