Prevalence of amblyopia and its impact on the academic performance of male medical students in Southern Saudi Arabia.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of amblyopia among medical students in Saudi Arabia, and investigate the impact of amblyopia on their Academic performance.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study which targeted 478 of male medical students from the College of Medicine at King Khalid University. A questionnaire was used to investigate the demographics of participants.