Behavior of refractive errors in hypertensive and / or diabetic students and workers. University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.

• Main Authors: Dainisett Molina Curbelo, Lisandra Sánchez Peñalver, Vismary Valdés Vales, Xiomara Vasallo García
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2020-12-01
• Series: Medisur
• Subjects: errores de refracción; estudiantes del área de la salud; personal de salud; hipertensión; diabetes mellitus
• Online Access: http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/4757

<p><strong>Background:</strong> suffering from non-communicable chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes increases the risk of contracting eye diseases.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to determine refractive errors in hypertensive and / or diabetic students, teachers and workers at the University of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> descriptive study carried out between January 2017 and the same month of 2018, which included 64 patients who presented a personal pathological history of arterial hypertension and / or diabetes mellitus, in which the presence or absence of refractive errors was determined. The data were obtained by ophthalmological examination.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the most affected age group was 50 years and over; the female sex predominated, the most prevalent refractive errors were compound hyperopic astigmatism and presbyopia; hypertensive patients prevailed. The most indicated optical correction was progressive lenses; the patients who attended the consultation the most were teachers.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the detection and characterization of patients diagnosed with diabetes and hypertension in consultation is necessary for a better control of the ocular health status.</p>