April 2024
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Introduction: Eye disorders, especially refractive anomalies, are still a health problem that threatens the vision of generations at both national and international levels. High prevalence is still reported in developing and developed countries. The negative impacts of eye disorders are quite significant, including decreased productivity, decreased intelligence, and learning ability, and can even cause blindness. Purpose: To observe and describe visual acuity checks and refraction checks at Mustika Rini Kindergarten, Surabaya Methods: This study was an observational descriptive to examine visual acuity checks and refraction checks at Mustika Rini Kindergarten, Surabaya, one of the kindergartens in Surabaya - East Java, with cases of refractive anomalies at an early age caused by the pandemic. The total sample in this study was the total population of students at Mustika Rini Kindergarten (103 students). Results: A survey was administered to assess the participants’ degree of understanding pertaining to ocular health. This assessment of knowledge regarding eye health was conducted both prior to and subsequent to an educational intervention, utilizing a questionnaire as the measurement tool. Eye examinations (Snellen chard and refraction) and refractionists who will assist in screening and detecting eye abnormalities (vision acuity examination and eye refraction examination) are carried out on Mustika Rini Kindergarten students. If an abnormality is found, the eye doctor will give a prescription according to the eye disorder you are suffering from. Conclusion: The result from the questionnaire regarding gadget usage behavior among Mustika Rini Kindergarten students shows that there are several risk factors that trigger eye refraction abnormalities in students, namely, frequency of gadget use, duration of gadget use, and distance between the eyes and the gadget screen that is too close. The results of eye examinations showed that 43.24% of Mustika Rini Kindergarten students had refractive errors that required corrective action using glasses according to the type of abnormality found. Keywords: eye disorders, education, early age, early detection.
