Leisy Heather B, Coritsidis Alexandra L
a Department of Family, Population, and Preventive Medicine , Stony Brook University School of Medicine , Stony Brook , NY , USA.
b Stony Brook University School of Medicine , Stony Brook , NY , USA.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2019 Jun;26(3):216-222. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2019.1585884. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
Eye injuries occur frequently in the United States resulting in vision loss. Protective eyewear (PE) is a simple, effective way to prevent these injuries. The study aims to evaluate characteristics associated with no PE usage in hopes to better understand factors that may be targeted to alleviate future injuries.
Individuals from the 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) who performed recreational activities that could cause eye injury were divided into two groups - those with and without PE usage during these activities - and compared on several variables consisting of age group, gender, race, family income, ability to afford eyeglasses, employment, wearing of corrective lenses, and visitation with general and eye care providers. Statistical analyses were performed with SAS controlling for the complex same design via chi-square tests and logistic regression.
From a total of 8,199 subjects, those who are female, Asian, black, Hispanic, ages 18-24 years old, have a family income <$35,000, unemployed, not wearers of corrective lenses, and have not seen a general or eye care provider showed increased no PE usage according to chi-square analysis. With multivariate analysis, only race, gender, age, and wearing of corrective lenses correlated to PE usage.
Comparing 2002 and 2016 NHIS, PE usage had increased from 34.7% to 65.1%. Individuals who were younger, female, of a minority race, or who did not wear corrective lenses had increased odds of not using PE during recreational activities. Prevention should target these associated groups in efforts to reduce recreational eye injuries.
在美国，眼部受伤频繁发生，会导致视力丧失。防护眼镜是预防这些伤害的一种简单有效的方法。本研究旨在评估与不使用防护眼镜相关的特征，以期更好地了解可能有助于减轻未来伤害的因素。
将2016年国家健康访谈调查（NHIS）中进行可能导致眼部受伤的娱乐活动的个体分为两组——在这些活动中使用防护眼镜的人和不使用防护眼镜的人——并在几个变量上进行比较，这些变量包括年龄组、性别、种族、家庭收入、购买眼镜的能力、就业情况、是否佩戴矫正眼镜以及是否拜访过全科医生和眼科护理人员。使用SAS进行统计分析，通过卡方检验和逻辑回归控制复杂的抽样设计。
在总共8199名受试者中，根据卡方分析，女性、亚洲人、黑人、西班牙裔、年龄在18 - 24岁、家庭收入低于35000美元、失业、不佩戴矫正眼镜且未拜访过全科医生或眼科护理人员的人不使用防护眼镜的比例更高。多变量分析显示，只有种族、性别、年龄和是否佩戴矫正眼镜与防护眼镜的使用相关。
比较2002年和2016年的NHIS数据，防护眼镜的使用率从34.7%提高到了65.1%。年龄较小、女性、少数族裔或不佩戴矫正眼镜的人在娱乐活动中不使用防护眼镜的几率更高。预防措施应针对这些相关群体，以减少娱乐性眼部伤害。
