Determining an Epidemiological Baseline in the Practice Scenario of the Optometry Program at the University of La Salle, 2010

Abstract

<em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> To develop an epidemiological baseline and find out the socioeconomic conditions andmorbidity of patients seen in the optometric practice in areas of Tolima where the final semesterinternship of students from the program of Optometry, Faculty of Science Health at the Universityof La Salle in 2010 was carried out. The study is observational and descriptive. Those reported inthe rips of each institution in 2010 who attended the optometric practice in the teaching-serviceagreement in the extension Optometry program of the University of La Salle were taken as thetarget population. <em><strong>Materials and methods:</strong></em> The data collection technique used was observation andthe data collection instrument was the rips form. Also, a survey of users and the community wastaken to determine the socioeconomic conditions within the population. For the determination ofvisual morbidity, information reported by each institution in the 2010 rips was sampled. <em><strong>Results:</strong></em>We found that visual defects affected more than eye problems. Astigmatism and farsightedness arethe defects with the highest incidence in the population studied. The population does not havea healthy lifestyle, which presents risk factors that increase the likelihood of contracting diseasesthat not only affect eye health, but also systemic health.