Department of Ophthalmology, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;24(12):1828-1834. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_521_20.
Uncorrected refractive error has profound effects on children's educational and social development and spectacles are cost-effective in correcting this. However, the cosmetic appearance of spectacles may affect compliance to prescribed spectacles.
This study explored spectacle design preferences of school children in Enugu State, Nigeria and any associated sociodemographic factors. A cross-sectional study among children aged 5-15 years from schools in Enugu state, Nigeria.
The children independently selected from sets of spectacle frames, indicating their preferences on the basis of spectacle frame color, material, shape and size of the lens portion, design of the earpiece portions. Simple descriptive analysis was performed. Frequency tables were generated. Pearson's Chi-square test was used to test associations between categorical variables. Odds ratios were used to measure the strength of the associations where P < 0.05. Tests of significance were set at the 95% level.
A total of 1,167 children (45.6% male and 54.4% female) were seen. Majority of the children preferred red colored spectacle frames 467 (40%), plastic frames 723 (62%), rectangular shaped lens-pieces (55.2%), and frames with a straight earpiece 987 (84.6%). There is a strong association between gender and choice of spectacle colour (P < 0.01), gender and lens size preference (P < 0.05), and between school location and shapes of spectacle earpiece (P < 0.01).
Spectacle preferences exist among the study population and some demographic factors are associated with these preferences which should be considered in any childhood refractive error services.
未经矫正的屈光不正对儿童的教育和社会发展有深远影响，而眼镜在矫正屈光不正方面具有成本效益。然而，眼镜的外观可能会影响对规定眼镜的依从性。
本研究探讨了尼日利亚埃努古州学童对眼镜设计的偏好及其相关社会人口因素。这是一项在尼日利亚埃努古州学校的 5-15 岁儿童中进行的横断面研究。
孩子们从一系列眼镜架中独立选择，根据眼镜架的颜色、材料、镜片形状和尺寸、耳架部分的设计来表示他们的偏好。进行了简单的描述性分析。生成了频率表。使用 Pearson's Chi-square 检验来检验分类变量之间的关联。使用优势比来衡量关联的强度，其中 P<0.05。显著性检验的置信水平为 95%。
共观察到 1167 名儿童（45.6%为男性，54.4%为女性）。大多数孩子更喜欢红色的眼镜架 467 个（40%）、塑料框架 723 个（62%）、矩形镜片 552 个（55.2%）和直耳架 987 个（84.6%）。性别与眼镜颜色选择之间存在强烈关联（P<0.01）、性别与镜片尺寸偏好之间存在关联（P<0.05），以及学校位置与眼镜耳架形状之间存在关联（P<0.01）。
研究人群中存在眼镜偏好，一些人口统计学因素与这些偏好相关，在任何儿童屈光不正服务中都应考虑这些因素。
