Color Vision Disorder for Preschool Children at El-Agamy District

Abstract

Back ground: Although colour vision disorders may be identified as early as age 4, lack of knowledge has a detrimental effect on preschoolers' learning and professions in the future. Aim: To assess color vision disorder for preschool children at El-Agamay district. Design: A descriptive research design was utilized. Sample: A purposive sample includes 200 preschool children. Setting: At El-Agamy district preschools. Tools: (1) A structured interview questionnaire include: Socio demographic data, medical history, and knowledge of preschool parents, (2): Ishihara test plates. Results: 88% of studied preschool children’s parents had unsatisfactory level of total knowledge about color vision disorder Also. 4.5% of preschool children had history of inherited color vision disorder and all of them had no history of eye accident. Also, 80% of them had mild degree of red green color vision disorder. Conclusion: Majority of preschool children’s parents had unsatisfactory level of knowledge about color vision disorder, minority of preschool children had red green color vision disorder and minority of them had mild degree of color vision disorder Recommendation: Establish health education about color vision screening to ensure early detection of color vision disorder among preschool children.