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Title: | Prevalence of strabismus among students in Natal-RN - Brazil |
Other Titles: | Prevalência de estrabismo nos estudantes de Natal/RN - Brasil |
Authors: | Garcia, Carlos Alexandre de Amorim Sousa, Araken Britto de Mendonça, Marcelo Bezerra de Melo Andrade, Luciana Luna de Oréfice, Fernando |
Keywords: | Strabismus - Epidemiology;Strabismus - Prevention & control;Eye health;School health services;Students |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Citation: | GARCIA, C. A. A. ; SOUSA, Araken Britto de ; MENDONÇA, Marcelo Bezerra de Melo ; ANDRADE, Luciana Luna de ; ORÉFICE, Fernando. Prevalence of strabismus among students in Natal/RN - Brazil. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia , São Paulo, v. 67, n.05, p. 791-794, 2004. |
Abstract: | 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 |
URI: | https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/1/6277 |
ISSN: | 0004-2749 |
Appears in Collections: | CCS - DCIRUR - Artigos publicados em periódicos |
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