Acquah Eldrick Adu, Duah Isaiah Osei, Andoh Albert Kwadjo Amoah, Mintah Prince, Andrews Anderson, Asante Michael Kwesi, Owusu Bright Kusi, Oppong Samuel Benaiah, Okrah Beatrice, Akuffo Kwadwo Owusu
Department of Optometry and Visual Science, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health and Allied Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
BMC Res Notes. 2025 Jul 16;18(1):305. doi: 10.1186/s13104-025-07385-y.
This study aimed to investigate the factors that influence the acquisition of personal ophthalmic instruments (POIs) among optometry students in Ghana. Participant characteristics and patterns of ophthalmic instrument acquisition were collected using a structured questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was used to examine the relationships between factors influencing POI acquisition.
Overall, 60.2% of students did not have their own ophthalmic instruments. Slightly more than one third (39.8%) owned a POI that was primarily an ophthalmoscope. Multiple logistic regression showed that financial difficulty (AOR: 0.45, CI: 0.29-0.71, p = 0.001), and lack of access to reliable information on instrument quality (AOR: 0.26, CI: 0.10-0.66, p = 0.005) were significantly associated with lower odds of POI acquisition. About 63.3% of students cited financial difficulty as the main barrier to POI acquisition. The findings call for cost adjustments by stakeholders and increase awareness to optimize POIs acquisition among students. Taken together, the findings aim to improve clinical training and reduce disparities in optometry education among optometry students in Ghana.
本研究旨在调查影响加纳验光专业学生购置个人眼科器械（POI）的因素。通过结构化问卷收集参与者特征和眼科器械购置模式。采用双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析来检验影响POI购置的因素之间的关系。
总体而言，60.2%的学生没有自己的眼科器械。略多于三分之一（39.8%）的学生拥有POI，主要是检眼镜。多变量逻辑回归显示，经济困难（比值比：0.45，置信区间：0.29 - 0.71，p = 0.001）以及缺乏关于器械质量的可靠信息（比值比：0.26，置信区间：0.10 - 0.66，p = 0.005）与较低的POI购置几率显著相关。约63.3%的学生将经济困难视为购置POI的主要障碍。研究结果呼吁利益相关者进行成本调整，并提高认识，以优化学生的POI购置情况。综合来看，这些研究结果旨在改善临床培训，并减少加纳验光专业学生在验光教育方面的差距。
