Habilidades visoperceptuales en niños escolarizados de 7 a 12 años con ambliopía refractiva

Abstract

Visual perception is a skill that involves a series of related sub-skills, which interact with each other in order to efficiently analyze, integrate, and synthesize visual information. General objective: To determine the status of visual perceptual skills in school children aged 7 to 12 years with refractive amblyopia, residents of Bogota. Materials and methods: A descriptive observational study was developed; the sample was obtained by visual screening of the students of the selected age group—complete examination, including cycloplegia, of the students with possible positive amblyopia in screening—and by applying TVPS-3 to the children with confirmed diagnosis of amblyopia. Results: The visual perceptual skills of visual closure, figure-ground, form constancy, and spatial relationships were more frequently below normal values. Conclusions: The study found that some of the visual perceptual skills in the amblyopic patients of the sample were below the values considered normal.