Pediatric Ophthalmology and Squint Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Feb;71(2):608-613. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1106_22.
To study the prevalence and determinants of compliance with spectacle wear among school-age children in South India who were given spectacles free of charge under a school vision screening program.
A cross-sectional, descriptive study was performed. The participants were recruited from the school from Tirunelveli and Tuticorin districts of Tamil Nadu, where a school vision screening camp was conducted between January 2012 and October 2012. The school screening was performed under.
“LAVELLE PEDIATRIC EYE CARE PROJECT”: . Of the 129,720 children examined of 249 schools, 4253 of children had refractive error and 3333 were prescribed and dispensed spectacles. A total of 683 children were interviewed, who were not wearing glasses on follow-up.
About 20% of the participants (683/3333) were not wearing their spectacles at examination. The most common reasons given for non-wear were lost (44.9%) or broken (35.3%) spectacles. There was no gender preference on compliance to spectacles.
Compliance with spectacle wear is less even when spectacles are provided free of cost, particularly in children among the age group of 5-15 years. Because factors such as type of school, area (urban or rural), parent's income, occupation, and their education were not significantly affecting the compliance of spectacle wear, proper encouragement and counseling of the parents and the child become extremely important.
研究在印度南部，通过学校视力筛查项目免费为学龄儿童提供眼镜的情况下，这些儿童对眼镜的佩戴依从性及其决定因素。
这是一项横断面、描述性研究。参与者是从泰米尔纳德邦蒂鲁内尔维利和杜蒂戈林地区的学校招募的，这些学校于 2012 年 1 月至 10 月期间进行了学校视力筛查活动。学校筛查是在“拉维尔小儿眼科保健项目”下进行的。在 249 所学校的 129720 名儿童中，有 4253 名儿童有屈光不正，3333 名儿童被开具并配发了眼镜。共有 683 名儿童接受了访谈，他们在随访时没有戴眼镜。
约 20%（683/3333）的参与者没有在检查时戴眼镜。不戴眼镜的最常见原因是眼镜丢失（44.9%）或损坏（35.3%）。对眼镜的佩戴依从性没有性别偏好。
即使免费提供眼镜，佩戴依从性也较低，尤其是在 5-15 岁的儿童中。由于学校类型、地区（城市或农村）、父母收入、职业以及他们的教育程度等因素对眼镜佩戴的依从性没有显著影响，因此对父母和孩子进行适当的鼓励和咨询非常重要。
