Frequency of ocular conditions in native Brazilians from Avaí City, São Paulo State
| Autor: | Caroline Schiave Germano, Rogerio Masahiro Kawai, Barbara Leite de Souza, Renato Antunes Schiave Germano, Jorge Estefano Germano, Flavio Augusto Schiave Germano |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Intraocular pressure
Visual acuity genetic structures Population Glaucoma Oftalmopatias/epidemiologia Astigmatism 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Eye disease/epidemiology lcsh:Ophthalmology medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Strabismus education População indígena education.field_of_study medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Brasil Erros de refração Diabetic retinopathy medicine.disease Indigenous population eye diseases Ophthalmology Refractive errors lcsh:RE1-994 Eye examination 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Optometry Surgery sense organs medicine.symptom business Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia v.76 n.5 2017 Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia (SBO) instacron:SBO Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, Vol 76, Iss 5, Pp 227-231 |
| Popis: | Purpose: To perform an epidemiological study of eye diseases in the population of four indigenous communities in the City of Avai in the state of São Paulo - Brazil: Ekeruá, Kopenoti, Nimuendaju and Tereguá. Methods: This is a prospective, cross-sectional, population-based study performed by the Medical Residency Program of the Center of Excellence in Ophthalmology (CEO-Bauru), including all the inhabitants of four indigenous tribes, between the months of March and April 2016. All participants were submitted to a complete eye examination that included refraction test and best-corrected visual acuity, external ocular motility and strabismus, measurement of intraocular pressure (IOP), color vision test, slit lamp examination and a complete evaluation of the fundus. Results: From a total of 584 natives from four villages, 377 (64.55%) attended the project. 283 appointments were performed at CEO - Bauru and 94 evaluations in the health center of Kopenoti village using a mobile ophthalmology unit. 48.54% of the participants were male and 51.46% female. The mean age was 32.03 ± 21.45 years. Our study found prevalence of pterygium of 14.05%, cataract of 6.63%, glaucoma of 1.85% and diabetic retinopathy of 1.59%. These numbers are higher than found in other epidemiological studies. Regarding refractive errors, 36.99% presented astigmatism, 4.24% simple myopia and 8.35% simple hyperopia. Conclusion: These information are extremely important because they show higher rates of eye diseases in a needy and remote population of urban health centers, and in need of medical care. It is noteworthy that all patients from this study who presented refractive errors, received glasses with the corrected refractive lenses. |
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