OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of refractive errors and eye diseases in the population of the Quilombo São José da Serra - Valença - RJ. METHODS: We examined 92 individuals in a population of 102 people in the community Quilombo São José da Serra. All patients underwent complete ophthalmologic examination including anamnesis, ectoscopy, visual acuity, stereopsis test, red reflex, cover/uncover test, Hirschberg test, manifest and dynamic refraction, biomicroscopy, tonometry (Goldmann and air puff tonometry), direct monocular /or indirect binocular fundoscopy. RESULTS: We examined 90.19% of the population quilombola, and 61.95% were female and 38.04% male. Ages ranged from 6 months to 89 years. Refractive errors were found requiring optical correction in 23.91% of individuals, being more frequent presbyopia associated with hyperopia, myopia and / or astigmatism with a prevalence of 59.09%, followed by presbyopia isolated in 22.72%, hyperopic astigmatism in 13.63% and myopic astigmatism in 4.54%. The ophthalmopathies observed were senile cataracts in 7.61%, refractive amblyopia in 6.52%, atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and peripapillary atrophy in 2.17%, glaucoma 1.09%, pterygium in 1.09%, retinochoroiditis toxoplasmosis in 1.09% and hypopigmentation retinal (ocular albinism) in 1.09%. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of ametropia and eye diseases in the Quilombo São José da Serra were 23.9%(22/92) and 20.6%(19/92), respectively.
Prevalence; Refractive errors: Eye diseases; Quilombo
