Awareness of Presence of Refractive error among Rural North Indian population

Garg, Pragati; Malik, Mehvish

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“…In order to reduce the impact of visual problems related to ignorance in society, certain steps directed towards the general public should be undertaken, such as information through media and publicity, public education, screenings for ametropia in schools and at work, government subsidies of optical equipments, etc. (5) Based on a systemic review on Prevalence of Refractive Error in Children in India, there is a need for up-to-date population-based data on the prevalence of refractive errors in children, with greater representation across India. Also, it is important that future studies adopt a standard approach, such as the Refractive Error in School Children protocol, and report data on different types of refractive error with clinically meaningful cut-off points.…”

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Awareness of refractive error and diabetic retinopathy in the rural population of western India

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Patel

Mehta

et al. 2023

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Purpose: To assess the awareness, knowledge and treatment seeking tendencies about refractive error and diabetic retinopathy in rural western India. Methods: The study was done from July 2019 to September 2019 in 1000 subjects in the rural population in the vicinity of Dhiraj general hospital, Pipariya. Demographic details about age, gender and literacy were collected. A questionnaire based door to door survey was done and their responses were graded and data was analysed. Results: There were 475(47.5%) males and 525(52.5%) females. 590(59%) were between the ages of 20-50 years and 410(41%) were above 50 years of age. 210(21%) were illiterate, 565(56.5%) had received primary education and 225(22.5%) had received secondary education and above. It was observed that there was more awareness, knowledge and treatment seeking tendencies in educated subjects (p<0.01). Younger subjects had more knowledge about refractive error and older age group had more knowledge about diabetic retinopathy. Conclusion: Our study strongly suggests that there is lack of awareness, knowledge and treatment seeking tendencies in the rural population in western India. More effective health education in the form of public health care programmes and mass media awareness might be beneficial.

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Awareness of refractive error and diabetic retinopathy in the rural population of western India

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Patel

Mehta

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Eye disease knowledge and awareness among Iranian population: The Gilan Eye Study

Moradi,

Behboudi,

Katibeh

et al. 2024

British Journal of Visual Impairment

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the public knowledge regarding cataract, glaucoma, refractive error, and diabetic retinopathy among Iranian population living in Gilan province. This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 2588 individuals aged over 50, living in both urban and rural districts of Gilan. All participants were interviewed to determine their knowledge regarding the mentioned eye diseases. Their source of knowledge was determined whether health care professionals, family or relatives, social media, or publications. Socioeconomic status (SES) of participants was calculated based on the principal component analysis. The presenting visual acuity of all study participants was assessed by a trained optometrist. In this study, total knowledge of cataract, glaucoma, refractive errors and diabetic retinopathy was 52.1%, 2.5%, 15.1%, and 29.7%, respectively. A lower cataract knowledge was found in participants with low (odds ratio [OR] = 0.44; p = .02) and moderate SES (OR = 0.56, p = .02). We also lower knowledge of glaucoma among low (OR = 0.33; p < .001) and moderate SES group (OR = 0.48, p = .002). A higher level of knowledge about refractive error was observed in participants with normal vision (OR = 4.89; p = .011) and mild/moderate visual impairment (OR = 3.69; p = .046). Participants without a history of diabetes mellitus had less knowledge about diabetic retinopathy (DR) (OR = 0.56; p < .001), while those with more than 12 years of education had higher knowledge about DR. In conclusion, lower level of the knowledge was identified among individuals with lower levels of SES and education, while participants with better vision could be benefit from the high levels of knowledge.

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Perception and Barriers to Spectacle for Remedy to Refractive Eye Problems among Patients Accessing Refration at the Ophthalmology Units of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital and Specialist Hospital Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Onyeahiri,

Iliya Kyamru,

Ahmed

et al. 2024

International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Techno

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Background: Spectacles stands as the economical, effective and generally tolerable method of refractive errors correction. The research purpose is to appraise the perception of spectacle lens for remedy to refractive errors among patients accessing refraction at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital and Specialist Hospital Bauchi.  Methods: The study adopted descriptive survey research design; with convenient and purposive sampling techniques in participants’ selection. Three hundred and eighty-four (384) male and female patients, aged 18 to 80 years, accessing refraction at the Ophthalmology Units of the hospitals comprised the respondents; with average age of 46.0±15.4 years and 47.9% were females. Questionnaire generated through the literature review was adopted in accessing the participants’ demographics, perception and barriers to spectacles utilisation. Relationships between outcome variables were investigated using Pearson chi-square test at 95% confidence level and p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.  Results: Great number of the respondents (80.0%) were of the perception that spectacle lens would worsen their vision, but the elderly age group (87.5%), secondary (66.7%) and tertiary (75.0%) educational levels disagreed. There was association between respondents’ educational level and perception of spectacles in the area of ‘spectacle inconveniences and would lead to blindness (X 2=66.79, p-value=0.0000).  Conclusion: Educational level and age played significant role in the respondents’ positive perception of spectacle lens for refractive errors’ correction. The study recommended patients counselling on the benefits of managing refractive errors with spectacles so as to eliminate associated misconceptions with its use.

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Awareness of Presence of Refractive error among Rural North Indian population

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Awareness of refractive error and diabetic retinopathy in the rural population of western India

Awareness of refractive error and diabetic retinopathy in the rural population of western India

Eye disease knowledge and awareness among Iranian population: The Gilan Eye Study

Perception and Barriers to Spectacle for Remedy to Refractive Eye Problems among Patients Accessing Refration at the Ophthalmology Units of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital and Specialist Hospital Bauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria

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