KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MYOPIA IN SCHOOL STUDENTS AT SMPN 1 JABON SIDOARJO

Abstract

Myopia is often found in school student. Myopia develops simultaneously with
development and growth, namely at puberty and usually stops developing by the
age of 25 years. WHO data shows 10% of 66 million in school student suffer from
refractive errors, myopia. The peak of myopia occurs in adolescence and is most
common in girls compared to boys with a ratio of 1.4:1. Myopia is often found in
school student. The purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge of in
school student about myopia at SMPN 1 Jabon Sidoarjo.This type of research is
descriptive through a cross sectional approach with the subject of 7th grade
students of SMPN 1 Jabon Sidoarjo totaling 340 students.VThe results of the
study on children at SMPN 1 Jabon Sidoarjo showed that less than half (43%) had
good knowledge of the concept of myopia and more than half (52%) had good
knowledge of the management and prevention of myopia.VThis study describes
students' information about the concept and management of myopia prevention,
mostly obtained from parents, the internet, and textbooks coupled with adequate
parental education and experience from parents.Students are encouraged to
improve their knowledge again, by obtaining it from books, internet, and parents.
In addition, it is hoped that the school can cooperate with the closest health
workers to provide counseling and parents are expected to accompany children to
carry out regular eye examinations so that myopia in school-age children can be
prevented and reduced.