Prevalencia de daltonismo en estudiantes de las unidades educativas: Herlinda Toral, Manuel J. Calle, Francisco Febres Cordero, Dolores J. torres y Octavio Cordero. Cuenca. 2015

Abstract

Background: the anomalies in color perception are a type of sensitive deficiency which prevalence had been barely investigated nationally. Determine the daltonism prevalence in students of Herlinda Toral, Manuel J. Calle, Francisco Febres Cordero, Dolores J. Torres y Octavio Cordero high schools in Cuenca between July and November 2015. Methodology: a transverse descriptive research, consisting of 703 students of sixth level of secondary studies of Herlinda Toral, Manuel J Calle, Francisco Febres Cordero, Dolores J Torres y Octavio Cordero high schools in Cuenca. A test was applied by using pseudoisocromatic sheets H.R.R. (Hardy, Rand y Rittler). The information was collected in forms, data were processed using SPSS V.15 statistic program. Data were processed through absolute frequency and percentages were presented in tables. Results: students sampled are mostly young between 15 and 20 years old (82,5%), 67,6% are women and 99,4% are mestizos. Daltonism prevalence is low (1,6%), the most affected high school is Manuel J Calle (45,5%) and it was more common in male students (81,8%). Most of the diagnosed students are between 15 and 20 years old (82.5%) and 99, 4% are mestizos. The color defect red-green was noticed in the 54,5% of the population, and we found protan daltonism (45,5%), tritan daltonism (45,5%) and deutan daltonism (9,1%). The 54,4% presents a severe affectation level. Conclusions: daltonism is a pathology with low prevalence in our country. The most affected are male. It is necessary to evaluate the level of daily difficulty in students and teach them mechanisms to face the difficulties of this illness