Pediatric Ophthalmology and Squint Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 May;71(5):2175-2180. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_2717_22.
To find out parents' knowledge, attitude, and treatment practice (KAP) toward pediatric eye problems and to assess the effect of demographic factors such as gender, age, educational status, and number of children on KAP.
A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in a hospital setting. Two hundred parents were randomly selected for the questionnaire. All parents had children who were included in Systematic Pediatric Eye Care Through Sibling Screening Strategies (SPECSSS) study. A survey with 15 questions on KAP of pediatric eye diseases was prepared and administered to parents coming to a tertiary eye hospital with varied experience and education qualifications.
The mean age of 200 patients was 9.6 (3.4) years, with the majority of them male (n = 110; 55.0%). The majority of the children (n = 91, 45.5%) were between the age group of 6-10 years. Knowledge of visual problems among parents was of a good grade in 9% only. The attitude of the parents toward the visual problem was positive at 17%, and the responses regarding the practice were of excellent grade at 46.5% and good at 26.5%. Analysis suggests that the level of knowledge and practice were not significantly associated with the demographic factors (p > 0.05). The positive attitude toward the visual problems of the children was associated with education of the parents (p < 0.05) and the father occupation (p < 0.05).
Knowledge about pediatric eye diseases was poor among parents and it was significantly affected by education and occupation of parents. The parents have positive attitude toward enhancing their attitude in treatment.
了解家长对儿科眼部问题的知识、态度和治疗实践（KAP），并评估性别、年龄、教育程度和子女数量等人口统计学因素对 KAP 的影响。
在医院环境中进行了一项横断面描述性研究。随机选择了 200 名家长进行问卷调查。所有家长的孩子都参与了系统儿科眼部护理通过兄弟姐妹筛查策略（SPECSSS）研究。准备了一份关于儿科眼病 KAP 的调查问卷，共有 15 个问题，调查对象是来自三级眼科医院的、具有不同经验和教育背景的家长。
200 名患者的平均年龄为 9.6（3.4）岁，其中大多数为男性（n=110；55.0%）。大多数孩子（n=91；45.5%）年龄在 6-10 岁之间。只有 9%的家长对视觉问题有较好的了解。家长对视觉问题的态度为积极的占 17%，对实践的反应为优秀的占 46.5%，良好的占 26.5%。分析表明，知识和实践水平与人口统计学因素无显著相关性（p>0.05）。家长对孩子视觉问题的积极态度与家长的教育程度（p<0.05）和父亲的职业（p<0.05）有关。
家长对儿科眼病的知识了解甚少，且明显受到家长教育程度和职业的影响。家长对增强治疗态度持积极态度。
