Table 4.

Prevalence of visual impairment among 318 children below 18 years attending Mulago Hospital eye clinic, 2015.

Variable	Number	Prevalence 95% CI
Overall visual impairment	134	42.8 36.8 – 47.7
Age
Below 5 years	129	32.6 24.9 – 41.2
5 to 12 years	120	45.0 36.2 – 54.1
Above 12 years	69	55.1 43.0 – 66.6
Duration of the presenting complaint
Less than a week	85	50.0 24.7 – 97.5
Lasted a week or more	233	50.0 24.7 – 97.5
Use of local medications for eyes
Used local eye medicine	26	53.8 33.8 – 72.7
Did not use local eye medicine	292	41.1 35.6 – 46.7
Antenatal attendance
Mother attended antenatal care	296	37.5 8.7 – 79.2
Did not attend antenatal care	22	41.9 36.4 – 47.6
Fever during pregnancy
Had a fever during pregnancy	76	42.5 36.2 – 49.1
No fever during pregnancy	242	39.5 28.9 – 51.1
Birthplace
Had a birth attendant	295	42.136.6 – 47.7
Delivered in absence of a birth attendant	17	33.3 0.7 – 99.7
Attaining developmental milestones
Attained milestones on time	291	39.2 33.7 – 44.9
Delayed milestones	27	74.1 53.2 – 87.8
History of convulsion
Patient has no history of convulsions	307	39.9 34.4 – 45.5
Had history of convulsions	11	81.8 42.0 – 96.5
Birth weight
Underweight	6	85.7 25.7 – 99.0
Normal weight	306	40.7 35.5 – 46.3
Gestation age
Term delivery	304	40.8 35.3 – 46.4