视力问题对儿童日常活动的影响:焦点小组讨论中的见解
Tshubelela Sello Simon Magakwe1, Rekha Hansraj1, Zamadonda Nokuthula Xulu-Kasaba1
1Discipline of Optometry, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, Durban, 4000, South Africa.
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|April 14, 2025
概括
视力障碍严重影响儿童的日常生活,影响爱好,教育和情感福祉. 这项定性研究探讨了南非农村儿童的这些影响,以告知支持策略.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,有1894万儿童患有视力障碍 (VI),其中90%居住在中低收入国家.
- 视力障碍显著影响受影响儿童的生活质量 (QoL).
- 了解VI对日常活动的影响对于制定有效的管理策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 定性地探索视力障碍对生活在VI的儿童日常活动的感知影响.
- 确定儿童日常生活中与VI相关的具体挑战和经验.
- 为旨在改善视力障碍儿童的QoL的干预提供见解.
主要方法:
- 使用焦点小组讨论 (FGD) 采用定性研究设计.
- 参与者包括9名与儿童工作的专家和49名来自南非农村的学龄儿童 (6-17岁).
- 从现有文献中确定了十个领域的数据被分析.
主要成果:
- 总共产生了477个陈述,其中60%来自儿童.
- 大多数陈述 (63%) 是负面的,突出挑战.
- 主要影响领域包括爱好,休和体育 (21%),教育 (21%) 和心理和情感福祉 (12.8%).
结论:
- 这项研究提供了全面的洞察力,了解视力障碍如何影响农村学龄儿童的日常生活.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的支持系统来减轻VI的负面影响.
- 这项研究有助于更好地了解视力受损儿童在资源有限的环境中所经历的经历.
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