Quality Of Life For Medical Students Wearing Spectacles For Refractive Errors: Experience At Abulcasis International University Of Health Sciences, Morocco.

To investigate the vision-related quality of life (QOL) in medical students wearing glasses for refractive errors at the Abulcasis international University of medical sciences (Rabat, Morocco).

Refractive errors, including as myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, are common among people all over the world and can have a substantial impact on many areas of everyday life, especially in medicine.This study investigate how refractive errors and the use of spectacles affect the quality of life (QOL) of medical students at Abulcasis International University of Medical Sciences, given that the impact on medical students' QOL remains underexplored.

This descriptive study was carried out on 86 subjects, divided into four groups of 50 each, comprising myopic, hyperopic and astigmatic subjects using spectacles as a means of correcting refractive error. The average age of the participants was 21.4 (18 to 25 years), 69 were female and 17 males. Inclusion criteria were all medical students wearing corrective spectacles, regardless of the type of refractive error: myopia, hypertropia, astigmatism.

Vision-related quality of life was assessed using the Persian version of the 25-question National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-Vfq-25).

In this study, the myopia was found in 73.8% of participants, being the refractive defect most frequently found in our series of participants. The mean vision-related quality of life score for these participants was 82,44. Also, the average of the scores retained for participants' mental health was lower than for the other factors.

In conclusion, to provide interventions and policies aimed at improving the educational and professional experience, and promoting a better quality of life for this population, several studies need to be carried out in this field with more adapted questionnaires.