EFICACIA DE LA INTERVENCIÓN DE ENFERMERÍA: MEJORAR LA COMUNICACIÓN - DÉFICIT VISUAL, EN ESCOLARES DE UN INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA DEL SECTOR PÚBLICO EN BUCARAMANGA 1

• Published in: Cuidarte Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 320 - 325
• Main Authors: de Aldana, María Stella Campos, Montañez, Wilson Cañón, Plata, Delia Moya, Parra, Myriam Durán, Madera, Alba Luz Amin, Meza, Jeimy Catalina Chinchilla, Pacheco, Mayeli Esperanza Noriega
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Bucaramanga Universidad de Santander 01-01-2012
• Subjects: Clinical trials; Nursing; Visual impairment
• ISSN: 2216-0973; 2346-3414

Introduction: The visual disturbances have been consolidated as a public health problem in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, which mainly affects the child population as evidenced by its impact on the components personal, academic and social. Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of nursing intervention by the label Risk Control: Visual Impairment to school children with disorder diagnosis visual perception. Materials and Methods: A controlled clinical trial. Assessment was made of the label control of risk: Visual Impairment of the classification of results of nursing. We calculated a sample size of 70 students showing a 1:1 ratio between taxable intervention group and control group subjects. The effect of intervention was evaluated by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Results: We found a difference delta of 0.51 (95% CI: 0.40 -0.62, p<0.01) and increased last evaluation 0.57 (95% CI 0.48 - 0.65, p<0.01) in the control of visual impairment risk in the intervention group. Discussion and Conclusions: The nursing intervention to "improve communication - visual deficit" is effective for the nursing diagnosis of disorder visual sensory perception in children enrolled in school.