Gagrani Meghal, Heston Jonathan, Godts Daisy, Granet David, Bremond-Gignac Dominique, Kekunnaya Ramesh, Hertle Richard W, Leo Seo Wei, Nischal Ken K
Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA.
The Fundingsland Group, Gilroy, CA 95020, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Dec 12;21(12):1661. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21121661.
To assess the educational impact of a worldwide webinar approach to myopia progression management in children <8 years and 8-12 years old.
Cross-sectional study.
A self-administered survey was conducted for attendees of a 3 h worldwide webinar held in two parts on consecutive days on the management of myopia progression in children. The survey was administered before, immediately after completion of the webinar, and 8 weeks later; responses were recorded on a Likert scale. Questions were posed to assess (a) the confidence of attendees in managing myopia in children <12 years old, (b) attendees' understanding of latest treatment options, (c) any improvement in attendees' knowledge after the webinar, and (d) any changes made to practice 8 weeks after the webinar. Pre- and post-responses were analyzed using an unpaired two-tailed -test.
The webinar had 701 and 606 global attendees on the first and second days, respectively. Based on a comparison of contact information, 372 attendees participated on days 1 and 2, meaning 288 and 233 participants attended only day 1 and day 2, respectively. There was a significant increase in the percentage of attendees who were "very confident" in managing myopia after the webinar ( < 0.05). Ninety-nine attendees completed the survey at 8 weeks. Of these, 76% believed that the webinar had "very significantly" or "significantly" improved their ability to manage pediatric myopia and 91% had implemented or intended to implement a change in their practice. The respondents who did not implement a change identified cost and patient compliance as the common barriers.
There is a tsunami of research and management options in the field of myopia management at present. We demonstrate that an effective way of disseminating information and education about myopia management is a pre-designed comprehensive webinar held over two consecutive days. There is evidence that such a webinar may also influence a change in clinical practice.
评估面向8岁以下及8至12岁儿童近视进展管理的全球网络研讨会方法的教育影响。
横断面研究。
针对连续两天分两部分举行的为期3小时的儿童近视进展管理全球网络研讨会的参会者进行了一项自行填写的调查。该调查在网络研讨会开始前、结束后立即以及8周后进行；回答采用李克特量表记录。提出问题以评估（a）参会者管理12岁以下儿童近视的信心，（b）参会者对最新治疗方案的理解，（c）网络研讨会后参会者知识的任何提高，以及（d）网络研讨会8周后实践中的任何改变。使用未配对双尾检验分析前后回答。
网络研讨会第一天和第二天的全球参会者分别有701人和606人。根据联系信息比较，372名参会者参加了第一天和第二天的会议，这意味着分别有288名和233名参与者仅参加了第一天和第二天的会议。网络研讨会后，对管理近视“非常有信心”的参会者百分比有显著增加（P<0.05）。99名参会者在8周时完成了调查。其中，76%的人认为网络研讨会“非常显著”或“显著”提高了他们管理儿童近视的能力，91%的人已经实施或打算在实践中做出改变。未做出改变的受访者将成本和患者依从性视为常见障碍。
目前近视管理领域有大量的研究和管理选项。我们证明，传播近视管理信息和教育的一种有效方法是连续两天举办预先设计的全面网络研讨会。有证据表明，这样的网络研讨会也可能影响临床实践的改变。
