TY  - JOUR
TI  - Refractive Screening of Turkish Term Infants with a Handheld Autorefractometer
AB  - Objective: It is important to detect the visual problems at its earliest period, in order to improve the quality of life ofnewborns. This study aimed to determine the refractive status of healthy term Turkish babies and to investigate whetherthere is a correlation between refractive status and birth weight.Material and Methods: Two hundred and three healthy full-term babies at an age of postnatal 8 weeks were includedin the study. In order to evaluate refractive status, handheld autorefractometer device was used in all subjects. The typesof refractive errors were analyzed both in right and left eyes separately. Measurements taken under cycloplegic conditionwere analyzed for spherical equivalent, astigmatism and anisometropia.Results: Hypermetropia was found as the most common refractive error among the participants (65% in right eyes,62% in left eyes). With the rule astigmatism is found to be the most common astigmatic pattern in both eyes (75% inright eyes, 70% in left eyes). Anisometropia incidence was found to be 8%. No correlation between refractive status andbirth weight was detected (p=0.105 r=-0.280).Conclusion: Our outcomes provide a cross-sectional refractive data of a group of term Turkish infants and show thatthe hypermetropia is the most common refractive error. We did not detect a correlation between refractive error and birthweight, birth height, and gestational age. Therefore, all infants regardless of the gestational age and other parametersshould be screened for refractive errors
AU  - Gökce, Sabite Emine
AU  - Özülken, Kemal
DO  - 10.12956/tchd.631370
PY  - 2020
JO  - Türkiye Çocuk Hastalıkları Dergisi
VL  - 14
IS  - 2
SN  - 1307-4490
SP  - 143
EP  - 146
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/432266
ER  -