Year: 1967
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: THIS study is based on a survey of children of school age attending a Junior Training Centre.Considering the difficulty of assessing both the visual acuity and the significance of ocular defects in these children, it is not surprising that the school doctors should have asked for a special investigation of the problem.Formal visual acuity estimations and ophthalmic supervision such as is provided for children in ordinary schools had not been undertaken, so that the teaching staff did not know how great a part visual defects might be playing in the children's behaviour and educability.Material 62 children between the ages of 5 and 16 years attended the centre.All but two permitted examination, though it was not possible to assess visual acuity in every case and detailed examination of the fundi and of ocular movements was too difficult in some.Their intelligence quotients ranged from 30 to 50 and they were therefore below the educationally subnormal level.Only those defects which might limit visual acuity or function were looked for, so that anomalies such as Brushfield's spots, epicanthus, etc., were not recorded.
Source: British Journal of Ophthalmology
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.51.7.469
Author: P A Gardiner
Institution: Guy's Hospital
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1978320643