Abstract

FERNANDEZ RIVERO, Cristina; PAYAN ECHEVARRIA, Taimys; VARELA RAMOS, Georgina  and  GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, Noris Thais. Clinical-epidemiological behavior of ametropia. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.6, pp. 1-9. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: In Cuba, ametropia constitutes a frequent cause of attendance in ophthalmologic consultations. The existence of these defects has become a problem that affects society, so much for organic and physical damages that it may cause in the visual system, as for psychological dysfunctions that are presented who suffer them, either for aesthetic matters or for inability of carrying out certain daily activities. Objective: to determine the clinical-epidemic behavior of ametropia at the Previsora polyclinic of Camagüey municipality, in October 2008. Method: a descriptive observational study of patients that assisted to the refraction consultation was carried out, the universe and the sample was comply with two hundred patients diagnosed with ametropia. Results: the most affected age group is the one from forty to forty-nine years and the female sex with the most occurrence, astigmatism was the most frequent ametropia, and according to the dioptric value, light grade prevailed. Most of the cases presented good visual acuity with correction and only a fourth part approximately was regular or bad. Conclusions: glaucoma, myopic retinopathy and cataract were ophthalmologic diseases most associate to myopic patients, while diabetic retinopathy was most frequent in hypermetrope patients.

Keywords : REFERATIVE ERRORES [epidemiology]; ASTIMATISM; HIPEROPIA; OBSERVACIONAL STUDIES; ADULT.

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