AlHarkan Dora H, AlRubaysh Nawaf S, Aldekhail Mohammad I, Alayidi Saleh A, Alashgar Meshal S, Almishali Faisal F
Ophthalmology, Medical College, Qassim University, Buraydah, SAU.
General Practitioner, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, SAU.
Cureus. 2024 Jan 22;16(1):e52743. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52743. eCollection 2024 Jan.
Purpose To study the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding vision and eye screening of preschool children among primary health center (PHC) staff in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Methods A survey of PHC staff was conducted in 2023. The questionnaire included knowledge (10), attitude (five), and practice (five)-related questions associated with preschool vision and eye screening. A five-graded Likert scale was used for responses. Cronbach's alpha score of the questionnaire was 0.776. The KAP score was correlated with the demographic variables of participants. The current and desired sources of information were also collected. Results We surveyed 101 health staff (66 doctors and 35 nurses). The median (interquartile range) knowledge, attitude, and practice scores of participants were 4.1 (3.8; 4.3), 4.2 (4.0; 4.6), and 3.6 (3.0; 4.0), respectively. The doctors had better knowledge (Mann-Whitney U test (MW), P = 0.016) and attitude (MW, P = 0.019) than the nurses. Staff above 40 years had better knowledge (Kruskal-Wallis H test (KW), P = 0.035), attitude (KW, P = 0.017), and practice (KW, P < 0.001). The primary source of information about preschool vision screening was their medical education (51%). Other sources were eye care professionals (11.9%), Google and computers (12.9%), and social media (14.9%). Their preferred sources of information were medical journals (25.7%), eyecare training (22.8%), and eye professionals (33.7%). Conclusions Knowledge and attitude for eye and vision screening of preschool children was high, but practices were less among PHC staff. Providing information through their preferred mode could further strengthen eye care for preschool children.
目的 研究沙特阿拉伯卡西姆地区初级卫生保健中心（PHC）工作人员关于学龄前儿童视力及眼部筛查的知识、态度和实践（KAP）情况。方法 于2023年对PHC工作人员进行了一项调查。问卷包括与学龄前视力和眼部筛查相关的知识（10个）、态度（5个）和实践（5个）相关问题。采用五分制李克特量表进行作答。问卷的克朗巴哈系数为0.776。KAP得分与参与者的人口统计学变量相关。还收集了当前和期望的信息来源。结果 我们调查了101名卫生工作人员（66名医生和35名护士）。参与者的知识、态度和实践得分中位数（四分位间距）分别为4.1（3.8；4.3）、4.2（4.0；4.6）和3.6（3.0；4.0）。医生的知识（曼-惠特尼U检验（MW），P = 0.016）和态度（MW，P = 0.019）比护士更好。40岁以上的工作人员在知识（克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯H检验（KW），P = 0.035）、态度（KW，P = 0.017）和实践（KW，P < 0.001）方面表现更好。关于学龄前视力筛查的主要信息来源是他们的医学教育（51%）。其他来源包括眼保健专业人员（11.9%）、谷歌和电脑（12.9%）以及社交媒体（14.9%）。他们偏爱的信息来源是医学期刊（25.7%）、眼保健培训（22.8%）和眼科专业人员（33.7%）。结论 初级卫生保健中心工作人员对学龄前儿童眼部和视力筛查的知识和态度水平较高，但实践方面较少。通过他们偏爱的方式提供信息可以进一步加强对学龄前儿童的眼保健。
