Study of familial pattern in patients with hyperopia

Purpose: Purpose of the study was: To determine the most prevalent type of hyperopia. To determine the familial pattern in patients with hyperopia, including hereditary and genetic model. Methodology: A cross sectional convenient type study was conducted at Eye Department, Mayo hospital, Lahore Pakistan. It included selection of research type, target population, sample size, study design of survey, Perform and dummy tables, sampling method, research methodology, organizational issues, pilots study and work plan. The study was committed in the months of August, September and October 2013. All the sample size was screened for hyperopia. Performa and questionnaire was formed from data collection. Results: Out of total 100 hyperopic patients, 53(53%) were female while 47(47%) were male. 41(41%) were with the complaint of decreased vision, 13(13%) were with blurring, 1(1%) was with watering, 3% with itching, 6% with headache and 35% were with all these combined symptoms. All these patients were usingspectacles and none were using contact lenses. 82(82%) of these patients were using spectacles for the last 1 year, 16(16%) for the last 1-3 years and 2(2%) were using spectacles for the last 4-6 years. Out of total 100 hyperopic patients 89(89%) were having no ocular history, 10(10%) were having previous ocular history, while 1(1%) were unaware of their ocular history. 70(70%) out of 100 were having no family history of hyperopia, 2(2%) have father with hyperopia history, 9(9%) have history of hyperopia in mother, 11(11%) in their brothers and 8(8%) were having history of hyperopia in their sisters. Conclusion: This study showed that no strong family history is associated with hyperopia. Only 11% of patients had hyperopia in both parents, all exhibiting with the hyperopia and almost clear fundus shows small positive correlation between maternal hyperopia and hyperopia in their children indicating heritable hyperopia susceptibility.