Saintika Medika: Jurnal Ilmu Kesehatan dan Kedokteran Keluarga.
Vol. 21 No. 2 (2025): December 2025

Characteristics of Myopia Patient at Roemani Muhammadiyah Hospital Semarang

Lingga Dwi (Muhammadiyah University of Semarang)
Swasty (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
Wahju Ratna Martiningsih (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)
Andra Novitasari (Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Dec 2025

Abstract

Background : Myopia is the most common cause of visual impairment in the world with a prevalence of more than 28% and continues to increase, it is  even predicted that by 2050 myopia will affect half of the world’s population or 5 billion people. The aim of the study was to describe the characteristics of myopia patients at the Roemani Muhammadiyah Hospital Semarang. Methods : Quantitative analytical observational research with a cross sectional design, used primary and secondary data from January-September 2023 at the Roemani Muhammadiyah Hospital Semarang. Data were analyzed descriptively. Result : The total research sample of 77 respondents showed the results of myopia patient aged < 20 years when the growth of the axial length of the eyeball had not stopped (51.9%), female gender (66.2%), no parental history of myopia (57.1%), patient lived in urban areas (94.8%), and had a high school education (51.9%). Conclusion : Most of the patients diagnosed with myopia < 20 years old and female. Patients predominantly have no history of myopia in their parents and live in urban areas, and the education level of most patients is high school.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sainmed

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Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Public Health

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Journal of Saintika Medika is a peer-reviewed and open access journal that focuses on promoting medical sciences generated from basic sciences, clinical, and community or public health research to integrate researches in all aspects of human health. This journal publishes original articles, reviews, ...