Abstract

Background: Working circumstances of the zardozi workers, it is highly likely that they develop visual problems that may range from simple asthenopic symptoms to severe visual disturbances. The present study was done to assess the visual problems existing today among zari artisans of North India. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and forty zari artisans were clinically examined during January 2022 to May 2022. All the patients were subjected to an ocular evaluation: Visual acuity, anterior segment evaluation, orthoptic evaluation with prism bars Goldmann Applanation tonometry, fundus examination, and refractive status of the patients. Means and proportions were calculated. The Chi-square test was applied. P < 0.05 is considered to be significant. Results: The mean age of the study population was 27 ± 12 years; majority of which were males, making up to 80.83% of the study population. Most of the subjects fell into the age group of 21–30 years. On testing the refractive error in them, we found 43.33% of the study subjects were hypermetropic, 35.00% were myopic, and 21.67% were emmetropic. Around 45% had poor convergence status while 26.67% had fatigue of convergence and 28.75% had fair convergence. A significant association was found between the positive fusional range and convergence status of the study subjects (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Adequate lighting conditions, proper ventilation and hygiene, short breaks in between, proper nutrition, correction of refractive error if any, and periodic regular eye checkup should be done to overcome these visual problems in Zardozi artisans.

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