Adeoti C O
Department of Ophthalmology, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2009 Dec;12(4):359-61.
The study was conducted in order to discover the beliefs and attitude of the people towards wearing glasses in order to improve acceptance of glasses when prescribed thus reducing blindness and visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors.
A cross sectional study of 198 participants using a pretested structured questionnaire was conducted during the parent-teacher association (PTA) meeting of three public secondary schools chosen at random from a list of schools in Osogbo. Information obtained included the age, sex, history of using glasses, experience if using glasses, whether or not they will allow their wards to use glasses if prescribed and ifno, why they will not. The data obtained was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 11.0 version) Computer Software. Association between variables was examined using chi-square and T-test accordingly. Level of significance was drawn at P<0.05.
The male to female ratio was 1:1.5. Their ages ranged between 15 and 80 years with a mean of 36.20 years (SD +/- 13.44). Majority, 141(71.21%) were between 21 and 50 years. All but 4(3.70%) of those that use glasses had good experiences. A significant percentage (38.38%) of the participants will not use glasses if prescribed. One hundred and two (51.52%) participants will not allow their children to use prescribed glasses.
Acceptance of glasses for the correction of refractive errors is not encouraging. This is particularly serious when children are concerned. A health education to enlighten the populace about the benefits of wearing prescribed glasses and the dangers of not using them when needed is necessary.
开展本研究以了解人们对佩戴眼镜的看法和态度，从而提高配镜时眼镜的接受度，减少因未矫正屈光不正导致的失明和视力损害。
在从奥索博学校名单中随机选取的三所公立中学的家长教师协会（PTA）会议期间，使用预先测试的结构化问卷对198名参与者进行了横断面研究。获得的信息包括年龄、性别、使用眼镜的历史、使用眼镜的体验、如果被开了眼镜是否会允许其子女使用，若不允许，原因是什么。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS 11.0版本）计算机软件对获得的数据进行分析。相应地使用卡方检验和T检验来检验变量之间的关联。显著性水平设定为P<0.05。
男女比例为1:1.5。他们的年龄在15至80岁之间，平均年龄为36.20岁（标准差±13.44）。大多数人，即141人（71.21%）年龄在21至50岁之间。除4人（3.70%）外，所有使用眼镜的人都有良好的体验。相当比例（38.38%）的参与者如果被开了眼镜不会使用。102名（51.52%）参与者不会允许他们的孩子使用配好的眼镜。
对矫正屈光不正所戴眼镜的接受度并不乐观。当涉及儿童时，情况尤为严重。有必要开展健康教育，让民众了解佩戴配好的眼镜的益处以及需要时不佩戴的危害。
