Background:

suffering from non-communicable chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes increases the risk of contracting eye diseases.

Objective:

to determine refractive errors in hypertensive and / or diabetic students, teachers and workers at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

Methods:

descriptive study carried out between January 2017 and the same month of 2018, which included 64 patients who presented a personal pathological history of arterial hypertension and / or diabetes mellitus, in which the presence or absence of refractive errors was determined. The data were obtained by ophthalmological examination.

Results:

the most affected age group was 50 years and over; the female sex predominated, the most prevalent refractive errors were compound hyperopic astigmatism and presbyopia; hypertensive patients prevailed. The most indicated optical correction was progressive lenses; the patients who attended the consultation the most were teachers.

Conclusions:

the detection and characterization of patients diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension in consultation is necessary for a better control of the ocular health status.

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