Visual characteristics of rural Central and South Americans.
Rural inhabitants of Venezuela, Ecuador and Honduras were examined by volunteer optometry student interns. The resulting data indicate significantly lower best-corrected distance visual acuities, a greater prevalence of many ocular pathologies, less frequent occurrence of myopia, and an earlier onset of presbyopia than is found in the general United States population.
D000328:Adult; D002489:Central America; D065306:Corneal Injuries; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000453:epidemiology; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011625:Pterygium / Q000453:epidemiology; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000453:epidemiology; D012423:Rural Health; D013020:South America; D014785:Vision, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity