Refractional astigmatism prevalence and its relationship with grating acuity in children 2 to 36 months of age

• Autor(a) principal: Lipener, César [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: de Haro Munoz, Emilio [UNESP], de Castro Moreira, José Belmiro [UNESP], Berezovsky, Adriana [UNESP], Salomão, Solange Rios [UNESP], Ventura, Dora Fix
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0004-27492006000300015; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/224773
• topic: Astigmatism; Child; Prevalence; Visual acuity/methods

Purpose: To evaluate refractional astigmatism prevalence and its relationship with grating acuity in a cohort of non-verbal children. Methods: 482 normal children, aged from 2 to 36 months, were submitted to ophthalmological examination. Fourteen subjects were excluded due to ocular disease and the sample remained with 468 subjects (936 eyes); 230 (49%) males e 238 (51%) females. Grating acuity was assessed binocularly and monocularly with Teller acuity cards. All children underwent eye examination including cycloplegic retinoscopy and fundus by indirect ophthalmoscopy. Results: Astigmatism was found in 222 (47.43%) of the children, with the hyperopic and with the rule types most frequently found in all ages. Concerning magnitude, this condition was equal or greater than 1.00 cylindric diopter in 24.35% of the children; equal or greater than 2.00 cylindric diopter in 5.55%; lower than 1.00 in 26.92% and between 1.00 and 2.00 in 18.73%. Grating acuity was normal in 219 of the subjects, despite magnitude, type and orientation of astigmatism. Conclusion: Visual acuity assessed by the acuity card procedure was not influenced by astigmatism.