Awareness of childhood blindness in parents attending Paediatrics Ophthalmology outpatient department

Paranjpe, Radhika; Mushtaq, Iqra; Thakre, Aishwarya; Sharma, Anuradha; Dutta, Debapriya; Iqbal, Banyameen

doi:10.4103/0975-2870.186057

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“…The proportion of good knowledge of childhood blindness in this study was lower than that reported in other studies from Ghana (76%) 3 and India (78%). 21 One possible reason for this difference may be that the study settings for the previous studies being hospital based, whereas the current study was community based. Participants who visit the hospital may have a good opportunity to access health professionals and obtain information about childhood blindness compared to participants in studies conducted at the community level.…”

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<p>Knowledge of Childhood Blindness and Associated Factors Among Parents or Guardians in Maksegnit Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

Assefa¹,

Tolessa²,

Ferede³

2020

OPTO

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Introduction: Childhood blindness is defined as a group of eye diseases occurring in childhood or early adolescence. Good parental knowledge of childhood blindness is important for early detection and management of the lifelong burden. Purpose: This study aimed to assess knowledge of childhood blindness and associated factors among parents or guardians. Materials and Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted. Systematic random sampling was used to select the study participants. Data were collected by interview using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS version 20. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify the determinant factors, and p-values less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Results: A total of 524 participants were enrolled in the study, with a 98.49% response rate. The proportion of good knowledge of childhood blindness was 39.1% (95% CI: 34.9-43.3%). Being male (AOR=2.32, 95% CI: 1.4-3.87), higher educational status (AOR=6.47, 95% CI: 2.4-17.3), knowing where the child eye care center is (AOR=2.68, 95% CI: 1.5-4.7) and participation in eye care campaigns (AOR=1.95, 95% CI: 1.26-3.0) had statistically significant associations with knowledge of childhood blindness. Conclusion: Less than half of the study participants had good knowledge about childhood blindness. Being male, having higher educational status, knowing about the child eye care center and participation in eye care campaigns were positively associated with knowledge of childhood blindness.

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<p>Knowledge of Childhood Blindness and Associated Factors Among Parents or Guardians in Maksegnit Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

Assefa¹,

Tolessa²,

Ferede³

2020

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“…Furthermore, there is a lack of knowledge and awareness among caregivers about the different preventive eye care measures that can contribute to childhood blindness (Sukati et al, 2018). Studies show that the overall awareness among parents about health care in children is poor in rural areas (Paranjpe et al, 2016). Therefore, educating Anganwadi workers about children's eye health will help in spreading knowledge and awareness among parents and positively affect the children's eye health in rural areas of our country (Parkar, 2007).…”

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“…With regard to healthcare in children, it has been observed that the overall awareness of mothers is poor in rural areas (Paranjpe et al, 2016). Healthcare professionals like Anganwadi workers must be trained to disseminate appropriate infant healthcare information.…”

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Educating Anganwadi Workers to Enhance the Mother’s Knowledge and Awareness about Children Eye Health

Raj,

Gupta,

Poddar

et al. 2021

JMRH

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Background: Blindness, visual impairment, and other eye problems in children are some of India’s major public health issues. In a state-operated integrated child development scheme (ICDS), the government engaged the Anganwadi workers and helpers. There is the advantage of integrating eye health within community health as active engagement of these local community workers spreads and also promotes an increase in the uptake of eye services. Purpose: The study intended to train Anganwadi workers working within the ICDS with knowledge about children’s eye health. The study also aimed to reach mothers or other primary caregivers of children and pro-vide them with knowledge to increase awareness about children’s eye health using the network of Anganwadi workers. Methods: A questionnaire-based study was undertaken to assess the cur-rent knowledge and awareness about children’s eye health among An-ganwadi workers and in randomly selected mothers and primary caregiv-ers of children from two blocks of the Saran District, Bihar, India. Com-prehensive training has been provided to Anganwadi workers through a validated training module which follows the structure of ICDS training modules, and each participant is asked to share the knowledge and edu-cate mothers or primary caregivers in their catchment area. After three months of imparted training, the mother’s or primary caregivers’ knowledge and awareness were assessed through a validated question-naire, and the results were compared. Results: A total of 274 Anganwadi workers participated in the interven-tional program, and 273 (99.6%) agreed that the training about” children’s eye health” was helpful to them. Furthermore, 230 mothers participated in the study, and 222 (96.5%) said that they had increased knowledge and awareness about children’s eye health from Anganwadi workers. Conclusions: A significant improvement was found in the knowledge and awareness of mothers or primary caregivers about children’s eye health as Anganawdi workers had educated them and made them aware of it. Edu-cating Anganawdi workers has a positive impact on spreading awareness in rural areas.

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“…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]. In general, there is a lack of validated KAP instruments focusing on parents regarding eye problems among children.…”

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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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Awareness of childhood blindness in parents attending Paediatrics Ophthalmology outpatient department

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<p>Knowledge of Childhood Blindness and Associated Factors Among Parents or Guardians in Maksegnit Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

<p>Knowledge of Childhood Blindness and Associated Factors Among Parents or Guardians in Maksegnit Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

Educating Anganwadi Workers to Enhance the Mother’s Knowledge and Awareness about Children Eye Health

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

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