Prevalence of strabismus among students in Natal/RN - Brazil

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Carlos Alexandre De Amorim Garcia²  Araken Britto De Sousa¹  Marcelo Bezerra De Melo Mendonça¹  Luciana Luna De Andrade¹  Fernando Oréfice¹ 

[1] ,Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

关键词: Strabismus;    Strabismus;    Eye health;    School health services;    Students;    Estrabismo;    Estrabismo;    Saúde ocular;    Serviços de saúde escolar;    Estudantes;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-27492004000500018

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence of strabismus in Natal, Brazil, among elementary and high school students of the public and private educational systems, in addition to detecting etiological factors. METHODS: 1024 students were randomly selected and submitted to a questionnaire and a complete ophthalmologic examination, by professors and resident physicians in Ophthalmology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. RESULTS: Of 1024 students, 1015 were examined; 29 were found to have strabismus (2.9%), 20 of whom had manifest exotropia (2%), 2 had intermittent exotropia (0.2%), 6 had esotropia (0.6%) and 1 had V anisotropies (0.1%). CONCLUSIONS: The strabismus prevalence of the student population of Natal falls within the range of the worldwide population. There was ocular lesion in only one student (retinochoroiditis scar on the posterior pole in both eyes) related to strabismus.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
 All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License