Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: July | Volume: 12 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 307-311
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220743
Impact of Refractive Error Correction on the Performance of Industrial Workers
Paramita Deb1, Manisha Saha2
1Assistant Professor, 2Assistant Professor,
Department of Allied health sciences, Brainware University, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal 700125
Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University Of Uyo, Nigeria
Corresponding Author: Paramita Deb
ABSTRACT
Objectives: To assess the impact of refractive error correction on industrial productivity and find out the barrier to wearing glasses. (Lumax Industries at Dharuheda, Gurugram, Haryana)
Materials and methods: Prospective study was selected from 121 subjects to evaluate the refractive error using the retinoscope (Heine Beta 200) by a team comprising of an Optometrist from Amity University, Gurgaon, and given the corrective glass to those who were prescribed the correction. After 3 months of gap again the productivity data were collected for all the samples and analyzed.
Result: 121 were male subjects. Their mean age of 34.80 ± 7.96. 52% for distance correction and 48.6% were presbyopia correction. Out of 121 subjects, 47 needed corrections but only 17 subjects are using spectacle. After 3 months we found that there was no significant difference in the number of products manufactured after dispensing spectacles due to less follow-up, cost, and cosmoses, and will use spectacles in the future.
Conclusion: A significantly higher proportion of industry workers have poor vision due to refractive error.
Key words: [Impact of refractive error, myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism].