title: [Study of refractive changes inTimiş.county].
abstract: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of common refractive errors în children investigated at the "Louis Turcanu" Hospital's Ambulatory from Timisoara. This was a cross-sectional study done from January to June 2002 în the Ophthalmologic Medical Office. The target group was those of children from Timis County. We examined 646 children with a mean age of 10.7 years (from 0 to 18 years). A cycloplegic refraction examination was performed on all the children, using a computerized Humphrey-Zeiss autorefractometer. The statistical analysis was performed using CDC's Epi Info 2002. în the analysis, we used the Odds Ratio, the exact Fisher test and the chi-squared test. Among the 646 children, 407--63% (CI95 = 59.1-66.7) had refraction errors, of which 1.5% (CI95 = 0.8-2.9) were myopic whereas 49.8% (CI95 = 45.9-53.8) were hyperopic. Astigmatism was found în 11.8% (CI95 = 9.4-14.6). The study showed higher prevalence for the 14-16 age, emphasizing the importance of these examinations.
authors.affiliation: Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă Pentru Copii nr. 3, Timişoara.
authors.forename: Minola
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Budău
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gamaniuc
authors.forename: Codruţa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moise
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Korbuly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001251:Astigmatism / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology