Visual Status of Children with Down Syndrome.
Background: Children with Down syndrome (DS) are known to have a high prevalence of visual anomalies including strabismus, high refractive errors, Brushfield spots, nystagmus, keratoconus, and external pathologies such as blepharitis and conjunctivitis. These anomalies can impair children with DS fr...
| Publicado en: | Optometry & Visual Performance Vol. 2; no. 5; pp. 240 - 244 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Optometric Extension Program
Oct2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=101197052&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 101197052 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 23253479 HOOW jtl: Optometry & Visual Performance issn: 23253479 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2014 vid: 2 iid: 5 pid: 46881 pub: Optometric Extension Program place: Lutherville Timonium, Maryland artinfo: ui: 101197052 101197052 107788264 101197052 ppf: 240 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Visual Status of Children with Down Syndrome. aug: au: Duckman, Robert H. affil: State University of New York, College of Optometry, New York, New York sug: subj: Down Syndrome Complications Vision Disorders Epidemiology Human Child, Preschool Child Descriptive Statistics Visual Acuity Ocular Motility Disorders Prevalence New York Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years ab: Background: Children with Down syndrome (DS) are known to have a high prevalence of visual anomalies including strabismus, high refractive errors, Brushfield spots, nystagmus, keratoconus, and external pathologies such as blepharitis and conjunctivitis. These anomalies can impair children with DS from maximum functional capabilities. Methods: This study looks at 42 children from Stepping Stone Day School between the ages of 2.33 years and 5.17 years. All 42 children received a comprehensive visual evaluation. Testing included visual acuity (either forced preferential looking (FPL) or Lea Picture Cards), ocular motor status (motilities and cover test/Hirschberg test), dry and damp retinoscopy, and ocular health examination with dilation. Results: DS children showed a significantly higher prevalence than normal children of strabismus (43%), ocular-motor deficiencies (100%), decrease in visual acuity (31; 74% of the children had uncorrected visual acuity between 20/60 and <20/400), and high refractive errors (one third had hyperopia >+1.50, 23.81% had myopia > -1.00, and 28.57% had astigmatism > 1.00 diopter; one third had no significant refractive error). Conclusion: It is clear that children with DS should have annually thereafter. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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