在哈瓦萨,埃塞俄比亚南部,2022年6月,在成年人中使用和相关因素下的观光
Mikael Girum Gebresellassie1, Helen Sisay1, Kindea Desta1
1Department of Optometry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Clinical optometry
|December 25, 2023
概括
埃塞俄比亚的眼镜使用不足率很高,几乎影响了半数成年人. 糟糕的态度和成本是关键障碍,需要有针对性的健康教育来改善视力护理.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 眼镜是纠正折射误差的最常见和最实惠的方法.
- 在埃塞俄比亚,眼镜的不足使用及其对视力障碍的影响在很大程度上是未知的.
- 解决这个差距对于改善该地区公众眼部健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定在埃塞俄比亚哈瓦萨的成年人中眼镜使用不足的流行情况.
- 在研究群体中确定与眼镜使用不足相关的因素.
- 为旨在增加眼镜使用和减少视力障碍的干预措施提供信息.
主要方法:
- 在埃塞俄比亚的哈瓦萨,从2021年1月到2022年5月进行了一项基于社区的横截面研究.
- 一种多阶段随机抽样技术招募了664名成年人.
- 数据采集使用基于访谈者的问卷,统计分析包括多变量逻辑回归.
主要成果:
- 眼镜使用不足的患病率为48.7%.
- 与使用不足相关的因素包括农村居住,职业,缺少眼睛检查,没有眼睛手术,不愿意戴眼镜和对眼镜的不良态度.
- 不使用的常见原因是缺乏必要性,高成本和不适.
结论:
- 在埃塞俄比亚的哈瓦萨,观景品的不足是重要的公共卫生问题.
- 干预措施应侧重于改善人们对眼镜的态度,并鼓励定期进行眼科检查.
- 健康教育对于解决误解和促进视力纠正的好处至关重要.
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