Characterization of Refractive Errors in a Population of Children from 2 to 14 Years of Age in Bogotá, Colombia*
Introduction: Refractive errors can have important repercussions in the performance of an individual, especially in the pediatric community. Objective: To determine the prevalence of refractive errors within a sample of 112 children between the ages of 2 and 14 from the Colegio La Candelaria in the...
| Autor Principal: | Lince-Rivera, Isabella |
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| Otros Autores: | Camacho Flórez, Gabriel Eduardo, Kunzel Gallo, Alexa |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | eng spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2018
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/vnimedica/article/view/21293 |
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Introduction: Refractive errors can have important repercussions in the performance of an individual, especially in the pediatric community. Objective: To determine the prevalence of refractive errors within a sample of 112 children between the ages of 2 and 14 from the Colegio La Candelaria in the city of Bogotá. Methods: Cross-sectional study that evaluated through visual acuity, ocular motility, ophthalmoscopy, retinoscopy, and subjective exam, the visual capacity of the children in question. Results: We found a prevalence of refractive errors of 18.8% where 13.4% represented astigmatism, 3.6% hypermetropia and 1.8% myopia. Discussion: These results were compared with those exposed on a thesis performed in 1973 by which patients with similar conditions were tested. In this study, the refractive errors were of 30.48%, a difference that can be explained by variations in population characteristics. Lastly, it arises the need of screening in other communities. |
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