AGUDEZA VISUAL Y SU RELACIÓN CON LAS HABILIDADES DE LECTOESCRITURA EN ESCOLARES DE 8 A 12 AÑOS DE LA UNIDAD EDUCATIVA “SIMÓN BOLÍVAR” CANTÓN ROCAFUERTE

Abstract

The vision is the responsible sense of most of the learning, responsible for perceiving the greatest sensory information of the environment that surrounds us, to translate it into good learning, social interaction and communication. For this reason, visual problems significantly impair school learning. This research whose objective is to determine the level of visual acuity and its relationship with literacy skills in schoolchildren, assessing visual acuity, applying a literacy test and comparing the results is considered a feasible study as it promotes visual health, occupying a important role in the field of public health since health promotion belongs to the first level of prevention. After a rigorous study applied to the students of the Unidad Educativa Simón Bolívar, confidentiality criteria, feasibility was obtained in this study since there are real and reliable data. According to the results obtained in visual acuity 94% reported a level of visual acuity of 0.0 to 0.1 logMar considered within the normal parameter, while 2% of 0.8 to 1 logMar considered severe. And in visual acuity in near vision 94% presented a level of 0.5M to 0.75M and 3% at a level of 2M. In the writing assessment (PROESC), 94% of schoolchildren do not present difficulty at a high level and 2% if they presented difficulty in the test. In the reading assessment (PROLEC) in accuracy index 94% reported a normal index, while 1% showed severe difficulty; when evaluating the speed index 89% presents normal and 8% shows a very slow index; result that support the existence of a relationship between the level of visual acuity and literacy skills.