Study of the Amplitude of Accommodation and its Relation to Errors of Refraction: A Hospital Based Study

Devendra Acharya,Neha Priyadarshani Chaudhary,Pramod Sharma Gautam,Sagar Dahal

doi:10.3126/jonmc.v7i2.22289

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Background: The unique ability of the eye to vary the refractive power of the lens and to focus on things at a range of distances is called accommodation. The reduction of this ability in which the near point recedes further away from comfortable reading distance is called presbyopia. There is continuing research to understand this process and correct this affliction that affects each and every person at the peak of their productive life. With an aging population, the proportion of people above 40 years is on the rise. This will therefore have public health and economic implications. Materials and Methods: This is a hospital based retrospective study which was conducted in 100 presbyopic patients in age group of 35 to 60 years at outpatient department of ophthalmology in Nobel Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Biratnagar, from 1st October 2016 to 30th March 2017. The amplitude of accommodation was calculated by measuring near point of accommodation with the help of RAF rule and the data collected was subjected to statistical analysis. Results: Out of 100 patients in this study who visited our OPD with presbyopic complains, the no. of hypermetropic patients were highest (56%) and they presented with presbyopic symptoms at an early age as compared to myopes, while the no. of myopic patients were less(13%) and they presented late with presbyopic symptoms. The mean amplitude of accommodation was highest in myopes in all age group (3.35 D in 36-40 year age group which reduced to 2.65 D in 56-60 year age group).There was stastistically significant difference in amplitude of accommodation between myopia and hypermetropia in all age groups except in 56-60 year age group. Conlusion: The amplitude of accommodation is generally higher in myopes in all age groups as compared to hypermetropes and emmetropes and they usually develope presbyopic symtoms later in life.

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Bakground The unique ability of the eye to vary the refractive power of the lens and to focus on things at a range of distances is called accommodation
Amplitude of accommodation was taken as a measure of accommodative reserve, which was measured with the RAF rule with full distance correction placed in the trial frame at a constant back vertex distance of 15mm
The mean amplitude of accommodation along with their standard deviation for different age groups and refractive errors are shown in table 2 to table 6 respectively

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Bakground The unique ability of the eye to vary the refractive power of the lens and to focus on things at a range of distances is called accommodation. The reduction of this ability in which the near point recedes further away from comfortable reading distance is called presbyopia. Introdction Accommodation is the ability of the eyes to change refractive power of the lens and focus objects at various distances. It is a complex constellation of sensory, neuromuscular, and biophysical. Symptoms of presbyopia itself can be dependent on other factors like amount of near work done, lighting conditions, corrected distance acuity etc [6]

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