TITLE:
Induced Myopia among Readymade Garment (RGM) Workers
AUTHORS:
Anisur Rahman, Sharah Rahman, Jamsed Faridi, Faria Tilat Toma, Ashfia Farhin Huq, Ashraful Islam Khondokar
KEYWORDS:
Myopia, Readymade Garment (RGM), Near-Work, Late Onset Myopia, Visual Acuity
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Ophthalmology,
Vol.11 No.2,
May
8,
2021
ABSTRACT: Background: To determine the induced refractive error among the readymade garment workers. Those who are working in the knitting section and those who are working other than the knitting and computer section. Methods: It was a prospective cross-sectional analytic study among 600 workers in 2 factories at Joydevpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on January 2020. Group: A comprises 300 workers who were working at knitting section for a minimum of six hours a day and 5 days a week. Group: B comprises another 300 workers who were appointed for loading-unloading, care-taker, driver and security guard also. Prevalence of refractive error in two groups was compared. Results: The mean age of participants in group: A was 26.61 ± 4.99 (CI 95%, 26.04 ± 27.18) and in group: B was 28.51 ± 5.69 (95% CI 27.86 ± 29.15). Prevalence of refractive error between two groups was 52 and 28.3 respectively. The chi-square statistic is 44.9775. The p-value is Conclusion: Knitting workers at readymade garment (RGM) are more prone to develop late onset myopia than other workers in the same premises.