Analysis of Ophthalmic Examination for 4 and 5 Year Old Children Referred from Previous Vision Screening.
- Author:
Hyoung Bok PARK
1
;
Song Hee PARK
;
Han Ho SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
amblyopia;
ametropia;
ophthalmic examination;
strabismus;
vision screening
- MeSH:
Amblyopia;
Astigmatism;
Child*;
Child, Preschool*;
Esotropia;
Exotropia;
Humans;
Refractive Errors;
Strabismus;
Vision Screening*
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1997;38(7):1244-1254
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We performed comprehensive ophthalmic examinations for 127 children at 4 and 5-year-old referred from primary(for 3315 subjects) and secondary(for 1441 subjects) vision screening. Although it may be duplicated, the 112 children(3.4%) had ametropic eyes, 49(1.5%) amblyopia, and 8(0.2%) strabismus. The mixed astigmatism took possession of 40% of ametropia, and 93.2% of ametropia had astigmatism on the whole. Among strabismic children, the case of exotropia was equal to that of esotropia by 4. The Titmus and TNO stereoacuity were not adequate to detect amblyopia. The early detection of eye problems for preschool children is important to prevent the permanent visual disability. It is necessary to make institutional devices for preschool vision screening.
