Verification of the diagnosis and health action in patiens with visual deficiency. Jiguani 2013

Authors

  • Marilín Batista Mendoza Tratamiento de la Tiña corporis con tintura de Ajo al 20%. Hospital Celia Sánchez Manduley. 2009-2011
  • Gleisis Mayda Sardiñas Ocaña Policlínico Docente “Edor de los Reyes Martínez Arias”. Jiguaní. Granma.
  • Dennis Francisco Castellanos Benítez Policlínico Docente “Edor de los Reyes Martínez Arias”. Jiguaní. Granma.

Abstract

Introduction: the loss or decrease of vision constitutes an important health problem, as it provokes psychic, social and labour changes of those who suffer from it.
Objective:
to verify the diagnosis of visual deficiency in the patients investigated in this municipality and to perform health actions that help to improve their quality of life.
Method
: it was performed an experimental study in Jiguaní during the months of January-June of 2013. The universe  of  work  was constituted  by 300  patients   with   a previous  diagnostic  of  visual deficiency and that belonged  to  the ANCI. The sample was about 228 patients with the diagnostic of deficient; in order to incorporate them into the society they received the suitable treatment according to their disability: medical, surgical treatment, visual rehabilitation in the visual deficiency medical office.
Results:
as a result it was evidenced that in the patients under 15 years the greater percentage was in the masculine sex with 8 children for 0,04% and in the patients over 15 years the greater percentage was also in the masculine sex with 110 patients for 0,5%. According to the refractive defects, the most frequent was the astigmatism according to the type of treatment offered, the mostly used was the non optical type with 66 patients for 0.29% and the optical treatment with 60 patients for 0.26%, hypermetropic with 122 patients for 0, 48% and the hypermetropy with 98 patients for 0, 43%, distribution of patients according to the type of treatment offered. In the distribution of patients according to visual sharpness before and after the treatment 94 patients (0.41%) had initially a moderate visual affectation, after they received the treatment, 32 of them (0.14%) kept their visual deficit and 31 patients (0.01%) had severe decrease of the vision, after the treatment 20 (0.09%) kept their visual affectation.
Conclusions
: it was checked the diagnostic of visual deficiency in all the patients studied; it was evidenced the initial and final visual sharpness. There were performed health actions with the patients diagnosed at the end.

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Author Biographies

Marilín Batista Mendoza, Tratamiento de la Tiña corporis con tintura de Ajo al 20%. Hospital Celia Sánchez Manduley. 2009-2011

Especialista de Primer Grado en Oftalmología.

Gleisis Mayda Sardiñas Ocaña, Policlínico Docente “Edor de los Reyes Martínez Arias”. Jiguaní. Granma.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Oftalmología.

Dennis Francisco Castellanos Benítez, Policlínico Docente “Edor de los Reyes Martínez Arias”. Jiguaní. Granma.

Especialista de Primer Grado en Oftalmología.

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Published

2014-04-01

How to Cite

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Batista Mendoza M, Sardiñas Ocaña GM, Castellanos Benítez DF. Verification of the diagnosis and health action in patiens with visual deficiency. Jiguani 2013. RM [Internet]. 2014 Apr. 1 [cited 2025 Jun. 3];18(2):159-67. Available from: https://revmultimed.sld.cu/index.php/mtm/article/view/49

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