Detecting color vision deficiency in patients presenting with ocular complaints.

Abstract

Objective: To detect color vision deficiency in patients presenting with ocular complaints. Study Design: Descriptive Cross Sectional study (Case Series). Setting: Department of Outpatient, THQ hospital, Daska, Sialkot. Period: 01 January 22 to 30 June 22. Material & Methods: Patients of all ages and both genders presenting to the outpatient department with ocular complaints. Patients who were uncooperative / non responsive, aware of their CVD, visually/ mentally handicapped or deaf, had a medical history of systemic disease, on CNS medications, had ocular pathology (corneal, retinal disease, cataract). Color vision defects were detected using Ishihara pseudo isochromatic colored plates (38). All the data was entered and analyzed using Microsoft excel spreadsheet software. Descriptive data was represented as range and mean ± SD whereas the qualitative variables were represented as frequencies and percentages. Results: Out of 687, 65.79 % (452) were males with a mean age of 36±12.62 years and 34.2% (235) were females with a mean age of 37±9.2 years. We found color vision deficiency in 4.22% of males and in 0.58% of females. Conclusion: We found CVD was present in a significant number of patients and none were aware of their Color vision deficiency and handicap.