Prevalence of visualmotor and visualperceptual dysfunctions in children between five and nine years of school of Fontibón, Puente Aranda and Usaquén

Abstract

<em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> to determine the prevalence of visualmotor and visualperceptual dysfunctions in children between 5 and 9 years of Fontibón, Puente Aranda and Usaquén towns. <em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> it was made a transversal descriptive study in which were evaluated 128 patients with the TVPS-3 and Beery VMI tests. The statistic analysis was done by contingency charts, chi square y association degree with Rho Spearman´s correlation coefficient <em><strong>Results:</strong></em> the prevalence of visual- motor dysfunctions was: 20.5% for Pablo Neruda school of Fontibon, 31.6% for España School of Puente Aranda y 8.7% for De La Salle School of Usaquén. The prevalence of visoperceptual dysfunctions was: 52.6% for Pablo Neruda School of Fontibon, 66.6% for España School of Puente Aranda y 14.2% for De La Salle School of Usaquén. The spearman´s rho showed that there is a low but significant correlation coefficient between the test results; it means that, as one test score high, the other one is high too. <em><strong>Conclusions:</strong></em> the prevalence of visualmotor and visualperceptual dysfunctions was major in Fontibón and Puente Aranda than Usaquén.