Abstract:AIM:To understand university students’ myopia origin of Yongzhou area,provide a feasible thread for the university students’ eye health care.METHODS:Group sampling method was adopted,the combined method of questionnaire and objective inspection was applied to carry on the epidemiology investigation in the school university students most common ametropia(myopia)in the partial representative universities of Yongzhou area,and statistical analysis was carried on to process the survey results.RESULTS:Totally 17384 samples were involved,17030 responded,response rate was 97.96%,which met the sampling requirements,the disease incidence of myopia was 63.08%,the disease incidences of students’ myopia in different departments were significantly different(P<0.01),Students’ myopic refractive status were significantly different(P<0.01)from their parents.Students’ study environment,personal habits were affecting the development and progression of myopia.CONCLUSION:The myopic prevalence rate of university students of Yongzhou area is high,the consciousness of health care on eyes is light,we hope that social and the relevant government departments take this seriously and should improve the university students’ study environment,raises the consciousness for the eye health care of the university student,thus decrease the myopic disease incidence of university students in Yongzhou area.This will also play a positive role on eye blindness and preventing blindness.
