Research on the Refractive State Screening in Preschool Children

취학전 아동의 굴절상태 실태조사

The investigate of preschool children at 7-year-old at three kindergartens in Iksan was done by the naked visual acuity, the refractive state and cover-uncover test. Total 246 eyes were examined by the objective and subjective methods. The results were as follows: 1. Among the 246 eyes, the naked visual acuity of below the average 0.7 was 64 eyes(26%). 2. As to the distribution of refractive errors, myopic eyes and hyperopic eyes were 26.55% and 26.55%, respectively. 3. As to the type of astigmatisms, with the rule was 85.8%, against the rule was 8.9% and oblique was 5.3%. 4. The percentage of preschool children who had been tested was 13.8%. 5. In test none of children were the phoria.

본 조사는 취학전 아동(7세)의 굴절상태의 실태를 알아보기 위해 익산시 소재 병설유치원 3곳 아동 123명(246안)을 대상으로 타각적, 자각적 굴절검사를 실시하여 나안시력 분포, 굴절이상의 종류별 분포, 난시안의 종류별 분포, 시력검사 경험 유 무, 안위이상을 분석하였다. 1. 나안시력이 0.7이하인 아동은 64안(26%)으로 나타났다. 2. 근시성 굴절이상안(단순근시 및 근시성 난시)과 원시성 굴절이상안(단순원시 및 원시성난시)이 각각 26.55%로 나타났다. 3. 난시의 종류별 분포는 직난시 85.8%, 도난시 8.9%, 사난시 5.3%로 나타났다. 4. 시력검사를 받은 경험이 있는 아동은 13.8%로 나타났다. 5. 사위를 가진 아동은 없었다.