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Ocular Status of Commercial Drivers in a Nigerian Community

Aim: This study aimed at determining the ocular status of commercial intercity drivers. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted at Owo, South West Nigeria among commercial intercity drivers between June and September, 2009. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Ethical Review Committee of Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria prior to commencement of this study. Informed consent was obtained from each of the respondents. Chi-square test was done to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between the study parameters. Results: Ninety respondents were enrolled in this study. The driving experience of the respondents revealed that most respondents (58.9%) had more than 20 years driving experience. Few respondents (2.2%) had visual impairment in the better eye. None of the respondents had colour vision defect. Most respondents: 66(73.3%) did not have eye test at the time they obtained drivers’ licence. Majority of the respondents: 54(60%) did not have ocular morbidity. The visual acuity in the better eye and second eye was not significantly associated with involvement in Road Traffic Accident with a p value of 1.2 and 0.14 respectively. Conclusion: Few respondents had ocular morbidity and the prevalence of visual impairment in the better eye was very low. Most respondents did not have ocular examination at the time they were issued drivers’ licence thus it should be introduced as part of the compulsory test process for issuing and renewing drivers license in Nigeria. *Corresponding author: Dr. Charles Oluwole Omolase, Department of Ophthalmology, Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, Tel. +234-08033788860; E-mail: omolash2000@yahoo.com Received March 12, 2012; Accepted April 09, 2012; Published April 11, 2012 Citation: Omolase CO, Afolabi OT, Omolase BO, Ihemedu CO (2012) Ocular Status of Commercial Drivers in a Nigerian Community. J Community Med Health Educ 2:138. doi:10.4172/2161-0711.1000138 Copyright: © 2012 Omolase CO, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.