患有唐氏综合征的年轻成年人视力障碍
Yolanda Martin-Perez1, Guadalupe Gonzalez-Montero1, Angel L Gutierrez-Hernandez1
1Faculty of Optic and Optometry, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Vision (Basel, Switzerland)
|September 27, 2023
概括
患有唐氏综合征的年轻人表现出明显的视力障碍,包括视力敏度降低和的高发病率. 许多这些视力问题可以通过适当的处方和定期的眼科检查来纠正.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 与一般人群相比,患有唐氏综合征 (DS) 的人经常经历加速的视力下降和独特的眼睛挑战.
- 在DS中过早衰老有助于预期更快的视觉功能恶化.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较DS和没有DS的年轻成年人的视觉功能.
- 在这些群体中评估视力敏度,折射误差,适应和双眼视力.
- 在患有DS的年轻成年人中发现特定的视觉异常.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项前性观察性研究.
- 参与者包括患有DS的年轻人 (n=69),没有DS的年轻人 (n=65) 和没有DS的老年人 (n=55).
- 评估的参数包括视力敏度,折射误差,适应性,双眼视力和彩色视力.
主要成果:
- 在两组之间观察到视力敏度的显著差异 (p < 0.001).
- 40%的患有DS的参与者在更新处方后,视力敏度有所改善.
- 在DS组中发现了偏的高患病率 (64.7%) (p < 0.001).
- 在年轻成年人群体之间没有发现住宿方面的显著差异.
结论:
- 与没有唐氏综合征和老年人相比,患有唐氏综合征的年轻人呈现出显著和明显的视觉异常.
- 最佳的处方和定期的眼科检查对于管理和潜在地改善唐氏综合征患者的视力至关重要.
- 对唐氏综合征视力障碍的早期发现和干预对于保持视力健康至关重要.
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