THE PREVALENCE OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS ON FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER ONE SESETAN

Vision is an important thing for humans, especially in the field of education. The health of this organ of vision is often ignored by humans so that it can cause refractive abnormalities. Delays in making this correction, especially in school-age children can interfere with the learning process of the child himself. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics and prevalence of patients with refractive errors who are in SDN 1 Sesetan who are in fifth grade status. This research is a descriptive cross-sectional study to determine the prevalence and characteristics of refractive errors in fifth grade students of SDN 1 Sesetan. Respondents in this study were 49 students. This study was conducted by measuring eye vision to determine whether the student refraction errors or not and screening risk factors was done by filling out the questionnaire provided. Characteristics of respondents by sex were female (53.1%) and male (46.9%) where in this study respondents included in the category of refraction errors were 32.7% and respondents in the normal category were 67.3%. The prevalence of respondents who read more than two hours a day was 36.7%. The prevalence of respondents who use monitors more than four hours a day is 18.4%. The prevalence of respondents who have siblings who use glasses is 34.7%. The prevalence of respondents who have parents using glasses is 30.6%.