Assessment of refractive problems and visual acuity in children with neuro-developed disabilities and their subsequent intervention for a correct visual quality and life.

Abstract

Down syndrome is a chromosomal alteration, which has an incidence of 1 in 750 live births and which occurs equally in both genders. According to studies carried out, the risk increases according to the age of the parents, who’s the risk factor is between 35 and 40 years of age, this information was corroborated in the study. This syndrome can affect the quality of life of people who suffer from it since it generates physical, mental and intellectual disability. This study aimed to know the visual situation of a group of children with these disabilities, through optometric clinical assessment, which analyzed visual acuity and refractive errors for subsequent correction. A timely evaluation prevents an increase in the refractive error, and could detect motor problems or pathologies that, when treated promptly, will provide greater visual quality, efficient development of visual functions and, consequently, optimal general development in the field. cognitive, educational and social. In the study, it was observed that only one patient was in an optimal state of visual quality, while the others had visual alterations that had never been treated or were treated a long time ago, which leads to a decrease in their development capacity.