Elucidating the Impact of Anemia and Nutrition Education on the Accommodative Disorder of Eye among the College Students

R. Tamilchudar^1* , R. Arivuchudar² and B. Sendilkumar³

¹Department of Optometry, School of Allied Health Sciences, VMRF-DU, Salem, Tamilnadu, India.

² Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India.

³ Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences, VMRF-DU, Salem, Tamilnadu, India.

Corresponding Author E-mail: tcopto@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/3229

ABSTRACT: Accommodative insufficiency or Accommodative disorder is a sensory-motor abnormality, non-strabismic binocular vision abnormality, which is manifested by a failure to focus for near vision, with a decreased degree of accommodation in comparison with age-matched norms. The symptoms include vague, blurry near vision, headache, visual exhaustion, difficulty in reading, eye strain and sleepiness. This study has tried to explore the impact of anemia on accommodative disorder among college children and found a correlation between them. The results showed a statistically significant association between anemia and the occurrence of accommodative disorders.  Hence nutrition education was given as a means to impart knowledge on overcoming anaemia and accommodative disorder among the selected college students.

KEYWORDS: Accommodative disorder; Anemia; Binocular Vision; Eye; Education

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