Afecciones Oculares Más Frecuentes En Estudiantes De La Carrera De Medicina Y Cirugía De La Una Filial Santa Rosa Del Aguaray. Año 2019.
Year: 2023
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: Human beings through the sense of sight largely manage to develop in our environment, by which learning and understanding are subject to what we observe through the eyes. The objective was to identify the most frequent ocular affections in students of the Medicine and Surgery career of UNA Filial Santa Rosa del Aguaray.Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional observational study was carried out with non-probabilistic sampling of convenience type. 217 students participated in the study. In the months of March-April of 2019, whose answers were later analyzed with tables of Microsoft Excel.Results: The frequency of students with diagnosed eye disorders is 50.3%, of which the most frequent correspond to Myopia 51.4% and asthenopia 32.11%. 47.9% of the students surveyed use glasses, of these, 63.5% began to use them during the race and 36.5% before the start of the same during the course of childhood, childhood and adolescence. They found of the total, 49.8% have visual discomfort at the time of reading.Conclusion: It is concluded that there is a high percentage of students who present ocular affections of which the most frequent are myopia and asthenopia.
Source: Discover Medicine
DOI: 10.2300/dm.v3i2.3141
Institution: Universidad Nacional de Asunción
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7216262153