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A large-scale analysis of refractive errors in students attending public primary schools in Mexico.
Ramírez-Ortiz, Marco Antonio; Amato-Almanza, Mónica; Romero-Bautista, Iván; Klunder-Klunder, Miguel; Aguirre-Luna, Oswaldo; Kuzhda, Iryna; Resnikoff, Serge; Eckert, Kristen Allison; Lansingh, Van Charles.
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  • Ramírez-Ortiz MA; Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Amato-Almanza M; Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Romero-Bautista I; School of Optometry, UNAM-FES Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, Mexico.
  • Klunder-Klunder M; Research Division, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Aguirre-Luna O; Ophthalmology Department, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Kuzhda I; Ophthalmology Department, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
  • Resnikoff S; Brien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Eckert KA; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  • Lansingh VC; Independent Consultant, San Antonio Tlayacapan, Jalisco, Mexico.
Sci Rep ; 13(1): 13509, 2023 08 19.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37598286
A cross-sectional, retrospective study was conducted from September 2013 through July 2014 to determine the prevalence of refractive errors among students attending public primary schools in Mexico. Among 3,861,156 students at 14,566 public primary schools in all 32 states of Mexico, teachers identified reduced visual acuity in 1,253,589 (32.5%) using visual acuity measurement. Optometrists confirmed 391,498 [31.2%, mean (SD) age: 8.8 (1.9) years; 204,110 girls (52.9%)] had refractive errors using visual acuity measurement and noncycloplegic static retinoscopy. Among 288,537 (72.4%) of children with previous eyeglasses usage data reported, 241,505 (83.7%) had uncorrected refractive errors. Before prescription eyeglasses were provided, 281,891 students (72%) had logMAR visual acuity ≤ 0.2; eyeglasses corrected vision loss in 85.6% (n = 241,352) of them. Simple myopic astigmatism was the most frequent refractive error (25.7%, n = 100,545). Astigmatism > - 1.00 diopters was present in 54.6% of all students with ametropia. The anisometropia rate based on spherical equivalent difference between right and left eye ≥ 1.50 diopters was 3.9% (n = 15,402). Uncorrected refractive errors are an important issue in primary school students in Mexico. An updated study is needed to analyze the evolving trends over the past decade.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Errores de Refracción / Astigmatismo Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Child / Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: México Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Errores de Refracción / Astigmatismo Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Child / Female / Humans País/Región como asunto: Mexico Idioma: En Revista: Sci Rep Año: 2023 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: México Pais de publicación: Reino Unido