Optometric and Socio-Economic Assessment of People Associated to Corpocima, Bosa Locality

Abstract

<em><strong>Introduction</strong><em> This research project began in 2008 and culminated in 2010. It was carried out byan interdisciplinary group made of professionals in the areas of economics, social work, psychologyand optometry. <em><strong>Objective</strong><em> To improve the skills and empowerment of men and women withvision impairment, aiming to strengthen democratic governance, incidence in public policies,attainment of human development and development of economic circuits in the Bosa locality.From the point of view of optometry, the specific purpose was to generate alternatives from aperspective of sustainable human development through the assessment of visual condition andthe diagnosis of people with vision impairment. <em><strong>Methodology</strong><em> A complete visual assessment wasmade that included: visual acuity, pentacam, contrast sensitivity, retinal camera and refraction to48 patients during two days at La Salle University. <em><strong>Results</strong><em> A percentage of 8.33% of blind peoplewas found, next to a 25% of people with visual limitation or low vision. This makes it possible toget a real knowledge of the problem represented by any type of limitation, the consequence ofwhich is a higher number of non-active people in the work market, as well as in the economicand social world, thus generating a serious public health problem.