_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: favouredchinawa2000@yahoo.com, favouredchinawa@gmail.com; Asian Journal of Medicine and Health 18(8): 14-20, 2020; Article no.AJMAH.58864 ISSN: 2456-8414 Ocular Morbidity Pattern and Presentation among Residence of a Semi-Urban Community in Rivers State, Nigeria N. E. Chinawa 1* , V. K. Odogu 2 , E. I. Ezeh 3 and F. E. Anyiam 4 1 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. 4 Center for Health and Development, University of Port Harcourt. Nigeria. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author NEC designed the study and wrote the protocol. Authors NEC and EIE wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors NEC, VKO and EIE managed the literature searches. Author FEA performed the statistical analysis and managed the analyses of the study. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJMAH/2020/v18i830226 Editor(s): (1) Dr. John K. Triantafillidis, Iasi University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania, IASO General Hospital, Greece. Reviewers: (1) Francesco Raudino, Valduce Hospital, Italy. (2) Kristian Goenawan, Universitas Kristen Krida Wacana, Indonesia. (3) Elkheir Ahmed Ibrahim Kheir, Alshawamikh Opticasls, Sudan. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/58864 Received 28 April 2020 Accepted 04 July 2020 Published 23 July 2020 ABSTRACT Background: Ocular diseases vary in different parts of the world and are influenced by racial, geographic, socioeconomic and cultural factors. The common ocular diseases worldwide are cataract, glaucoma, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, uveitis, refractive errors, pterygium. Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional descriptive study carried out in Rumuokwuta community in Rivers state. Socio-demographic and clinical presentation information was obtained from an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Distant visual acuity was assessed at 6 m with the Snellen’s chart while near vision assessment was at 33 cm with a Sussex vision R near vision chart. External eye examination was with pen touch while fundoscopy was with direct Ophthalmoscope. Data were analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) v20. Using descriptive statistics, categorical variables were presented in the form of frequencies and percentages (%) and summary statistics in means and standard deviations (SD). Using inferential Original Research Article