Profile of Amblyopia Among Children Aged from 5 to 15 Years at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Pediatric Eye Clinic, South Ethiopia, 2020/21

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Children Aged from 5 to 15 Years at HUCSH Pediatric Eye OPD, South Ethiopia from November to April, 2020/21 (n = 202)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age in years	5–9	112	55.4
	10–15	90	44.6
Sex	Male	104	51.5
	Female	98	48.5

Table 2 Cross-Tabulation of Amblyopia with Different Variables Among Children Aged from 5 to 15 Years at HUCSH Pediatric Eye OPD, South Ethiopia from November to April, 2020/21 (n = 202)

Variables	Category		Amblyopia
		n	Yes	Prev.(%)
Age	5–9	112	31	27.67
	10–15	90	17	18.88
Sex	Male	104	24	23.07
	Female	98	24	24.49
Refractive Error	Yes	99	41	41.41
	No	103	7	6.79
Anisometropia	Yes	33	25	75.75
	No	169	23	13.61
Strabismus	Yes	23	13	56.52
	No	179	35	19.55
Media Opacity	Yes	16	6	37.50
	No	186	42	22.58

Figure 1 Unaided visual acuity of children aged from 5 to 15 years at HUCSH pediatric eye OPD, south Ethiopia from November to April, 2020/21 (n = 202).

Figure 2 Best corrected visual acuity of children aged from 5 to 15 years at HUCSH pediatric eye OPD, south Ethiopia from November to April, 2020/21 (n = 202).

Table 3 The Proportion of Amblyopia with Refractive Error and/or Strabismus for Children Aged from 5 to 15 Years at HUCSH Pediatric Eye OPD, South Ethiopia from November to April, 2020/21 (n = 202)

Variables	Category		Amblyopia
		n	Yes	Prev. (%)
Right eye refractive error type	Mild hyperopia	35	8	22.85
	Moderate hyperopia	15	11	73.33
	High hyperopia	11	8	72.72
	Mild myopia	7	0	0
	Moderate myopia	3	0	0
	High myopia	8	3	37.50
	Astigmatism	18	10	55.55
Left eye refractive error type	Mild hyperopia	33	9	27.27
	Moderate hyperopia	17	9	52.94
	High hyperopia	9	6	66.67
	Mild myopia	10	1	10
	Moderate myopia	2	0	0
	High myopia	8	3	37.50
	Astigmatism	13	7	53.84
Strabismus type	Constant	12	10	83.33
	Intermittent	2	0	0
	Alternative	9	3	33.33

Figure 3 Causes of amblyopia for children aged from 5 to 15 years at HUCSH pediatric eye OPD, south Ethiopia from November to April, 2020/21 (n = 202).