Awareness, Attitude and Practices Regarding Eye Health and Common Eye Problems in Urban Indian Population: A Community- based Cross-sectional Study

Shwetha, N; Srivastava, Ratnapriya; Kumar, Kaushal

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2021/50978.15760

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“…In order to create awareness among parents, insight into the gaps in parents' knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding common eye problems in children is important. Although there were a few studies to determine the level of KAP, the study focused on specific eye diseases only and none focused on children's common vision problems [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Furthermore, some studies only assess two components of the KAP [12][13][14][15].…”

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Development and validation of parental knowledge, attitude and practice in eye problem among children questionnaire (PEPC-KAPQ)

Ghani,

Abd Rahman,

Mohamad Fadzil

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background Most eye problems among children can be detected and treated at an early age to reduce the prevalence of visual impairment. Understanding the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among parents about common children’s eye problems is fundamental to encourage parents to seek early eye care services for their children. This study aims to develop a Parental Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Eye Problem among Children Questionnaire (PEPC-KAPQ) and evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods This study involved developing a questionnaire and was conducted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from July 2021 until June 2022. The questionnaire was developed based on a literature review and expert consultation. The first phase includes a systematic literature review to generate the items for the questionnaire. A group of five panels was then invited to perform content validity for the questionnaire. Face validity was conducted among ten parents to get feedback for the questionnaire. Construct validity and reliability of the questionnaire were measured by which the questionnaire was administered to a total of 134 parents and 64 parents for reliability test. Result The final PEPC-KAPQ consists of four main sections: demographic, knowledge, attitude, and practice with 52 items. The content validity index was 0.85 for all domains of KAP. Modified kappa showed excellent value for most items for all domains. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sampling adequacy showed acceptable scores of 0.84, and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was significant (x2 = 3172.09, p<0.0001). Kuder-Richardson-2 of the domain knowledge was 0.95. Cronbach’s α coefficient of domain attitude and practice were 0.92 and 0.88, respectively and the intraclass correlation of domain attitude and practice were 0.93 and 0.94 respectively. Bland and Altman’s plots show that majority of the data fell within the limits of agreement. Conclusion The findings of this validation and reliability study show that the developed questionnaire has a satisfactory psychometric property for measuring the KAP of parents regarding eye problems among children.

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