Prevalence of inherited color vision deficiency among male school students in Nablus, Palestine

Mohammad M. Shehadeh; Mohammad T. Akkawi; Ammar A. Aghbar; Mu'ath Salman; Liana Labadi

doi:10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2020.3.04

Guoji Yanke Zazhi (Mar 2020)

Prevalence of inherited color vision deficiency among male school students in Nablus, Palestine

Mohammad M. Shehadeh,
Mohammad T. Akkawi,
Ammar A. Aghbar,
Mu'ath Salman,
Liana Labadi

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Mohammad M. Shehadeh: Department of Ophthalmology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine2Department of Ophthalmology, Rafedia Governmental Hospital, Nablus, Palestine
Mohammad T. Akkawi: Department of Ophthalmology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine2Department of Ophthalmology, Rafedia Governmental Hospital, Nablus, Palestine
Ammar A. Aghbar: Department of Ophthalmology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine2Department of Ophthalmology, Rafedia Governmental Hospital, Nablus, Palestine
Mu'ath Salman: Department of Ophthalmology, Rafedia Governmental Hospital, Nablus, Palestine
Liana Labadi: Department of Ophthalmology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine2Department of Ophthalmology, Rafedia Governmental Hospital, Nablus, Palestine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3980/j.issn.1672-5123.2020.3.04
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20, no. 3
pp. 415 – 419

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AIM: To find out the prevalence of inherited color vision deficiency(CVD)among Palestinian male-school children aged 14-18 and compare it with other eastern and western countries. METHODS: Six hundred and thirty-four male subjects(n=634)aged 14-18 from Palestinian Governorate of Nablus were randomly selected and screened using Ishihara pseudoisochromatic plates. Subjects who failed Ishihara screening were tested further with computer software of Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue test.RESULTS: Out of the 634 male participants, 597 were included in the study and 8.0% of them(48 males)demonstrated red-green CVD. 5.4%, 2.3% and 0.3% of the 48 males exhibited deutan, protan and total color vision deficiency(monochromacy), respectively.CONCLUSION: The results show that the prevalence of red-green CVD among the male school children from Palestinian Governorate of Nablus is not significantly different from that of male populations in nearby and Western countries.

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ISSN: 1672-5123 (Print)
Publisher: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS)
Country of publisher: China
LCC subjects: Medicine: Ophthalmology
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