Prevalencia de pterigión y factores de riesgo asociados en pacientes atendidos en la consulta externa de oftalmología del Hospital General Guasmo Sur.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors in patients seen in the ophthalmology outpatient department of the Hospital General Guasmo Sur in the city of Guayaquil, Guayas, 2019-2020. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional observational study was carried out in the ophthalmology outpatient department of the Hospital General Guasmo Sur over a 2- year period from January 2019 to December 2020. The sample consisted of 203 adult patients, using random selection of patients diagnosed with pterygium. Results: Between 2019 and 2020 the highest percentage of patients diagnosed with pterygium in the Hospital General Guasmo Sur were women. Regarding age it was found that the age range with the highest prevalence of pterygium corresponds to the group of 56 - 65 years. Conclusions: There is a high prevalence rate for the development of this pathology (grade IV pterygium) in housewives who attended the HGGS outpatient clinic.