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Una perspectiva global de la deficiencia de visión del color: conciencia, diagnóstico y experiencias vividas
1Optometry Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11362, Saudi Arabia.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 28, 2025
Resumen
La deficiencia de visión del color (CVD) afecta a muchos, especialmente a los hombres, a menudo sin ser diagnosticada hasta la edad avanzada. La detección temprana y el apoyo son cruciales para las personas con esta discapacidad visual común.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Oftalmología
- La genética
- Salud pública
Sus antecedentes:
- La deficiencia de visión del color (CVD), o daltonismo, es una condición prevalente que afecta a una parte significativa de la población mundial, particularmente a los hombres.
- La mayoría de los casos de ECV son congénitos, sin embargo, el diagnóstico a menudo se retrasa, lo que lleva a necesidades y desafíos no satisfechos para las personas afectadas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para sintetizar la literatura actual sobre la prevalencia, la conciencia, el diagnóstico y las experiencias vividas de las personas con ECV.
- Proporcionar recomendaciones para la detección temprana, las adaptaciones educativas y el apoyo social para las ECV.
Principales métodos:
- Una revisión narrativa de artículos revisados por pares y estudios epidemiológicos a gran escala.
- Búsquedas de base de datos usando palabras clave como "deficiencia de visión de color", "ceguera de color", "conciencia" y "diagnóstico".
Principales resultados:
- La prevalencia de ECV varía a nivel mundial, con ECV rojo-verde que afecta hasta el 8% de los hombres y el 0,5% de las mujeres de ascendencia del norte de Europa.
- El diagnóstico a menudo se retrasa hasta la edad escolar o más tarde debido a los escasos exámenes de rutina, dejando a muchos sin darse cuenta de su condición.
- El retraso en el diagnóstico puede conducir a importantes desafíos educativos, ocupacionales y psicosociales.
Conclusiones:
- Es necesario mejorar la sensibilización y el cribado de rutina para la detección temprana de las ECV.
- Los sistemas de apoyo educativo y social deben adaptarse para dar cabida a las personas con ECV.
- Las investigaciones adicionales sobre las experiencias vividas de las personas con ECV pueden proporcionar mejores estrategias de apoyo.
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