Prevalência do astigmatismo e distribuição de seu eixo em pacientes de um serviço oftalmológico privado

Abstract

Purpose: to determine the prevalence of astigmatism and the change of the axis according to the age in an ophthalmology private clinic population in the city of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Methods: A retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out based on the analyses of medical files. Astigmatism was classified as a cylindrical equivalent