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Knowledge, attitude and associated factors among primary school teachers regarding refractive error in school children in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia

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  • Abiy Maru Alemayehu
  • Gizchewu Tilahun Belete
  • Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu

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Introduction: Refractive error is an important cause of correctable visual impairment in the worldwide with a global distribution of 1.75% to 20.7% among schoolchildren. Teacher’s knowledge about refractive error play an important role in encouraging students to seek treatment that helps in reducing the burden of visual impairment. Objective: To determine knowledge, attitude and associated factors among primary school teachers regarding refractive error in school children in Gondar city. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted on 565 primary school teachers in Gondar city using pretested and structured self-administered questionnaire. For processing and analysis, SPSS version 20 was used and variables which had a P value of

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  • Abiy Maru Alemayehu & Gizchewu Tilahun Belete & Nebiyat Feleke Adimassu, 2018. "Knowledge, attitude and associated factors among primary school teachers regarding refractive error in school children in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(2), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0191199
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191199
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