Hubungan Miopia dengan Prestasi Akademik dan Pola Melihat Dekat pada Mahasiswa Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Riau

Prevalence rates of myopia in many Asian urban countries reaching epidemic proportion. It has long been observed that myopic children have higher IQ, and association between myopia and higher level of near work. This study aims to quantify the association myopia with school achievement and near work in Riau University medical students. The prevalence rate of myopia in Riau University medical students was 31.4 % (76 students). Myopia students as cases group compare to emmetropic students as control group. This study showed that high significant association myopia with near work profile and no significant association myopia with school achievement. Myopia students more likely to have risk near work profile than emmetropic students (x2 test P 0.05).