Condição ocular entre trabalhadores de uma indústria metalúrgica brasileira
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2008-10-01
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Igami, Thais Zamudio
Schellini, Silvana Artioli [UNESP]
Matai, Olívia [UNESP]
Padovani, Carlos Roberto [UNESP]
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Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia
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OBJETIVO: Avaliar a condição ocular em população de trabalhadores de uma indústria metalúrgica paulista. MÉTODOS: Amostra de 2516 funcionários de uma fábrica na cidade de São Paulo foi submetida a uma avaliação oftalmológica como exame ocupacional periódico. Foi aplicado um questionário e realizado o exame de acuidade visual (Snellen) e teste de Ishihara. Os funcionários com acuidade visual menor que 0,7 ou com diferenças maior que duas linhas ou que apresentassem alguma queixa ocular, passaram por avaliação complementar (biomicroscopia, refração, tonometria e fundo de olho). Prescreveu-se óculos conforme indicação. RESULTADOS: Houve predomínio do sexo masculino (62,5%) e faixa etária de 20 a 29 anos (41%). A maioria não apresentava antecedentes oculares (97,6%) ou sistêmicos (96,6%).A acuidade visual estava acima de 0,7 em 95,5% dos olhos e 84% não utilizavam correção. O diagnóstico final foi exame normal em 55% dos casos, presbiopia em 13.6%, astigmatismo miópico em 10% e hipermetrópico em 7,7% dos indivíduos. Baixa visão foi encontrada em 2,4%, cegueira unilateral em 0,4%, não havendo casos de cegueira ou de deficiência visual entre os trabalhadores. As principais causas de baixa visão foram erros refrativos e ambliopia. CONCLUSÃO: A maioria dos funcionários da indústria pesquisada apresentava exame oftalmológico normal e nenhum deles apresentava cegueira bilateral.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the ocular condition in a brazilian ironmaster industry. METHOD: A prospective study was conducted in 2516 employees from an ironmaster brazilian industry in São Paulo city, Brazil. A questionnaire was applied and visual acuity and Ishihara test were performed in every individual. A complete ophthalmic evaluation (slit lamp examination, fundoscopy, tonometry and refractometry) was done when the visual acuity was worse than 0.7 or when the worker had a greater diference between the eyes (more than two lines) or when there were ocular complains. Glasses were prescribed when necessary. RESULTS: Most of the evaluated employees in this industry was male (62.5%), ageing from 20 to 29 year old (41%). Visual acuity was normal in 95.5% of the eyes.The majority of the individuals (84%) did not need glasses prescription. Fifty-five percent of the employees were considered as normal eye carriers, 13.6% presented presbyopia, 10% presented myopic astigmatism and 7.7% hyperopic astigmatism. Visual impairment was present in 2,4% and blindness in one eye of 0,4% of the studied individuals. The main cause of visual impairment was refractive errors and amblyopia. CONCLUSION: The majority of the employees, in this particular industry, presented with a normal ophthalmic examination. None of them had bilateral blindness.
PURPOSE: To evaluate the ocular condition in a brazilian ironmaster industry. METHOD: A prospective study was conducted in 2516 employees from an ironmaster brazilian industry in São Paulo city, Brazil. A questionnaire was applied and visual acuity and Ishihara test were performed in every individual. A complete ophthalmic evaluation (slit lamp examination, fundoscopy, tonometry and refractometry) was done when the visual acuity was worse than 0.7 or when the worker had a greater diference between the eyes (more than two lines) or when there were ocular complains. Glasses were prescribed when necessary. RESULTS: Most of the evaluated employees in this industry was male (62.5%), ageing from 20 to 29 year old (41%). Visual acuity was normal in 95.5% of the eyes.The majority of the individuals (84%) did not need glasses prescription. Fifty-five percent of the employees were considered as normal eye carriers, 13.6% presented presbyopia, 10% presented myopic astigmatism and 7.7% hyperopic astigmatism. Visual impairment was present in 2,4% and blindness in one eye of 0,4% of the studied individuals. The main cause of visual impairment was refractive errors and amblyopia. CONCLUSION: The majority of the employees, in this particular industry, presented with a normal ophthalmic examination. None of them had bilateral blindness.
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Saúde ocular, Baixa visão, Erros de refração, Promoção da saúde, Saúde do trabalhador, Serviços de saúde do trabalhador, Questionários, Acuidade visual, Testes visuais, Testes de percepção de cores, Eye health, Low vision, Refractive errors, Health promotion, Occupational health, Occupational health services, Questionnaires, Visual acuity, Vision tests, Color perception tests
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Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia, v. 67, n. 5, p. 214-219, 2008.