Dificultades y malestares físicos al leer en estudiantes de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

Irlen Syndrome is a perceptual distortion, which includes the symptoms of visoperceptuals difficulties and physical discomfort, which can hinder the adequate development of reading, considered as an important tool at Academic Level, especially in college students. Therefore, this descriptive investigation with a quantitative, non-experimental approach aimed to describe perceptual difficulties and physical dislikes when reading in university students. Participants were 641 students from the different faculties of the University of Cuenca, selected in an incidental way from approximately 15,913 students. The instruments used were a sociodemographic survey and the Perceptual scale of reading Irlen (PSRI), Section1. Data processing was carried out through the SPSS, and for the analysis of the information, techniques and procedures of the descriptive statistic were used. Results show that participants have a slight level of DVP and MF when reading, which represents a. 5% incidence in each variable; However, 58.7% of the sample presents DVP suspicion as well as a 51.6% MF suspicion when reading. It is concluded that Irlen Syndrome incidence is .10% of the studied population on a slight level, that is, 6 of the 641 participants. It is recommended to carry out new research with university populations by taking into consideration other variables such as personality factors and conditions of application of the instrument.