Detention of visual problems in school children and adolescents

Abstract

The precocious detention of visual problems is a measure of important primary assistance. Thus being, this work had as main objective, to verify the visual level of children and adolescents in Goiânia (Goiás – Brazil) public school, being used the simplified physical examination of health through Snellen Table. Of the 414 evaluated children, 46 (11%) had presented visual deficiency and had been directed for oftalmological consultation in the Hospital of the Clinics of the Federal University of Goiás. WORDS KEYS: Visual acuity, pertaining to school