TY - JOUR T1 - Prevalence of Color Blindness among Secondary School Students in Taif, Saudi Arabia A1 - Talal Abdulrahman M Althomali A1 - Faisal Abdullah A Algarni A1 - Majed Adel N Alosaimi A1 - Abdulrahman Awadh E Alharthi A1 - Khalid Awwadh S Alharthi A1 - Moayyad Fateh A Alotbi A1 - Norah Safar M Alharthi A1 - Afrah Mohammad A. Alsulimani A1 - Ghadi Mohamed Aljuaid A1 - Abdulaziz Obaidallah F Alsuwat JF - Archives of Pharmacy Practice JO - Arch Pharm Pract SN - 2320-5210 Y1 - 2022 VL - 13 IS - 3 DO - 10.51847/YrW0tLmdkX SP - 85 EP - 91 N2 - To investigate the occurrence, causes, and risk factors of color vision deficiency among Taif, Saudi Arabia secondary school students. A cross-sectional study was carried out on secondary schools, during the period from 1 to 31 June 2022. Secondary school students, of Taif city, Saudi Arabia. Data were collected using a personal interview with the students using a predesigned questionnaire covering the needed items. Students diagnosed with color blindness were 2.0%; of them, persons diagnosed with protan color blindness were 58.3%, while 41.6% had deutan color blindness, and students diagnosed with CVD were 0.4%. On the other hand, 4.2% could not see shades or tones of the same color and the same percent had difficulty distinguishing between colors. Regarding the cause of CVD, our study revealed that 4.2% of the studied population were due to primary causes (hereditary), and the same percent were due to secondary diseases. As regards family history, 1.0% had a mother and/or father affected by the disease, 0.8% had a sibling with the disease, and 96.3% had no family history. It was also found that there is a significant relationship between CVD and family history (p-value =0.008). There was a higher incidence in males than females, there is a significant relationship between gender and CVD (p-value=0.001). Students diagnosed with color blindness were 2.0%; of them, persons diagnosed with protan color blindness were 58.3%, while 41.6% had deutan color blindness, and students diagnosed with CVD were 0.4%. There was a higher incidence in males than females. UR - https://archivepp.com/article/prevalence-of-color-blindness-among-secondary-school-students-in-taif-saudi-arabia-2p2jwtfplemtwpc ER -