Assessment of parental awareness about pediatric visual problems by Knowledge-Attitude-Practice survey in South India

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dc.contributor.authorPawar, Neelamen_US
dc.contributor.authorRavindran, Meenakshien_US
dc.contributor.authorFathima, Allapitchaien_US
dc.contributor.authorRamakrishnan, Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarthy, Sabyasachien_US
dc.contributor.authorAparna, Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorUduman, Mohammed Sithiqen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-25T06:37:06Z
dc.date.available2023-08-25T06:37:06Z
dc.date.issued2023-05
dc.description.abstractPurpose: 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. Methods: 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. Results: 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). Conclusion: 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.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsPediatric Ophthalmology and Squint Services, Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationPawar Neelam, Ravindran Meenakshi, Fathima Allapitchai, Ramakrishnan K, Chakrabarthy Sabyasachi, Aparna K, Uduman Mohammed Sithiq. Assessment of parental awareness about pediatric visual problems by Knowledge-Attitude-Practice survey in South India. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2023 May; 71(5): 2175-2180en_US
dc.identifier.issn1998-3689
dc.identifier.issn0301-4738
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/225044
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherAll India Ophthalmological Societyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber5en_US
dc.relation.volume71en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/IJO.IJO_2717_22en_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectknowledgeen_US
dc.subjectparentsen_US
dc.subjectpediatric eye healthen_US
dc.subjectpracticeen_US
dc.titleAssessment of parental awareness about pediatric visual problems by Knowledge-Attitude-Practice survey in South Indiaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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