Teachers' influence on purchase and wear of children's glasses in rural China: The PRICE study.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
; 47(2): 179-186, 2019 03.
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ABSTRACT
IMPORTANCE Uncorrected refractive error causes 90% of poor vision among Chinese children. BACKGROUND:
Little is known about teachers' influence on children's glasses wear.DESIGN:
Cohort study.PARTICIPANTS:
Children at 138 randomly selected primary schools in Guangdong and Yunnan provinces, China, with uncorrected visual acuity (VA) ≤6/12 in either eye correctable to >6/12 in both eyes, and their teachers.METHODS:
Teachers and children underwent VA testing and completed questionnaires about spectacles use and attitudes towards children's vision. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURES:
Children's acceptance of free glasses, spectacle purchase and wear.RESULTS:
A total of 882 children (mean age 10.6 years, 45.5% boys) and 276 teachers (mean age 37.9 years, 67.8% female) participated. Among teachers, 20.4% (56/275) believed glasses worsened children's vision, 68.4% (188/275) felt eye exercises prevented myopia, 55.0% (151/275) thought children with modest myopia should not wear glasses and 93.1% (256/275) encouraged children to obtain glasses. Teacher factors associated with children's glasses-related behaviour included believing glasses harm children's vision (decreased purchase, univariate model relative risk [RR] 0.65, 95% CI 0.43, 0.98, P < 0.05); supporting children's classroom glasses wear (increased glasses wear, univariate model RR 2.20, 95% CI 1.23, 3.95, P < 0.01); and advising children to obtain glasses (increased free glasses acceptance, multivariate model RR 2.74, 95% CI 1.29, 5.84, P < 0.01; increased wear, univariate model RR 2.93, 95% CI 1.45, 5.90, P < 0.01), but not teacher's ownership/wear of glasses. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Though teachers had limited knowledge about children's vision, they influenced children's glasses acceptance.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Erros de Refração
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População Rural
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Estudantes
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Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Óculos
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Professores Escolares
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Assunto da revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China