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Evaluación de la Salud Visual y el Estado Nutricional en Escolares de una localidad de la provincia de Córdoba. Importancia de su valoración en Atención Primaria de Salud

2009; National University of Córdoba; Volume: 13; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.31052/1853.1180.v13.n1.7110

1853-1180

Laura Débora Acosta, A. Roque Maffrand, Ignacio Alonso Bilbao, Martin Aspitia, Fernanda Mercier Querido Farina, Eyenil Gaite, T. Pedraz Penalba, Oscar Sanchez, Federico Segura, Carolina Sirabo, Juan Carlos Estario, Alicia Ruth Fernández,

Health and Lifestyle Studies

Objective: To assess the visual health and nutritional status of schoolchildren of the Malvinas Argentinas municipal district in Cordoba, Argentina, and to explore the relationship between both variables. Methodology: Descriptive, correlational, observational, and transversal study. Universe: school children of the Malvinas Argentinas municipal district; school year: 2008 ((N=230). Aspects analyzed: nutritional status, micronutrient intake, visual acuteness, chromatic vision, eye movement, pupillary light reflex, age and sex. Gamma test, contingency coefficient calculation and X2 were performed on the data. Results: Percentages for the prevalence of emaciation and shortening were 14% and 3% respectively, and for overweight and obesity, 11% and 7%, respectively. A higher prevalence of malnutrition was detected in female children. The alterations detected were 10% for visual acuteness, 4% for chromatic vision, 3% for eye movement, and 1% for pupillary light reflex. Prevalence of visual acuteness alterations increases with age. Differences were detected between nutritional state and pupillary light reflex, and between vitamin A intake and visual acuteness, pupillary light reflex, eye movement, and chromatic vision. Conclusions: Results indicate the need of implementing prevention and rehabilitation actions for the parameters studied in the population.