The Prevalence of Strabismus and Associated Risk Factors in a Southeastern Region of Brazil

Autor: José Eduardo Corrente, Leonardo de Toledo Pesci, Alicia Galindo, Carlos Roberto Padovani, Silvana Artioli Schellini, Luisa Fioravanti Schaal
Přispěvatelé: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Scopus
Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
instacron:UNESP
ISSN: 1744-5205
Popis: Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:58:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2018-04-03 Purpose: To determine the prevalence of strabismus and associated risk factors in southeastern Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based study using a systematic sample from nine municipalities in a southeastern region of Brazil composed of 1852 individuals aged ≥1 and ≤12 years old was done. Visual acuity (VA), ocular alignment, and refractive error (RE) were evaluated. Strabismic individuals (strabismus group) were compared to orthotropic individuals (orthotropic group) to analyze risk factors linked to heterotropias. Results: Prevalence of strabismus was 0.81% in this population. In the strabismus group, we found 40% with hyperopia, 6.67% with astigmatism, 3.33% with myopia, 6.67% with amblyopia, and 8.33% with moderate anisometropia. In the orthotropic group, 6.85% had hyperopia, 18.12% astigmatism, 14.82% myopia, 0.19% amblyopia, and 4.37% moderate anisometropia. Conclusion: The prevalence of strabismus in southeastern Brazil was 0.81%. Strabismic individuals had more hyperopia. Amblyopia and moderate anisometropia were associated with strabismus. Departamento de Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu Departamento de Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
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