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    Factores de riesgo asociados a la disminución de la agudeza visual en niños del séptimo de educación básica de la escuela “Aurelio Aguilar”. Cuenca - Ecuador. 2013
    (2014) Palacios Legarda, Alexandra Natali; Segarra Villa, María Gabriela; Palomeque Vélez, Milton Josué; Ron Encalada, Edgar Santiago; Páez Iturralde, Joanna Alexandra
    Background: Decreased visual acuity is a prevalent situation in schools, lack of diagnosis and inadequate study of risk factors, generate eye disease that can cause permanent vision loss thus decreasing their quality of life, hence the importance of early diagnosis. Objective: To analyze the association between risk factors and decreased visual acuity in children of the seventh basic education "Aurelio Aguilar" School. Cuenca - Ecuador. 2013 Methodology: This descriptive study conducted on 119 students at the School of Aurelio Aguilar Cuenca, for the data collection form was used previously elaborated; for the assessment of visual acuity Snellen chart was used; data were entered into a database in SPSS, percentages, prevalence ratio (PR), chi square and p-value for statistical significance was obtained. Results: Mean age was 11.20 years with a standard deviation of 0.4 years; prevalence was gender: male 79.8%; decreased visual acuity was 52.1%, the only risk factor that is associated family history of lens wear, increasing the risk 1.9 (95% CI 1.2-2.9) times compared to students without this background. Conclusions: The frequency of school with decKeywords: School, vision, risk factors, lenses. KEYWORDS: SCHOOL, VISION, RISK FACTORS, LENS.