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To assess parental knowledge, attitudes, and treatment practices regarding pediatric visual disorders and examine the influence of demographic characteristics on these parameters.

May 1, 2023Indian Journal of OphthalmologyOpen Access

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

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To assess parental knowledge, attitudes, and treatment practices regarding pediatric visual disorders and examine the influence of demographic characteristics on these parameters.
Conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional descriptive survey at a tertiary eye hospital.
Administered a 15-item questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) to N=200 randomly selected parents of children enrolled in the Systematic Pediatric Eye Care Through Sibling Screening Strategies (SPECSSS) study.
Good knowledge regarding pediatric visual problems was present in only 9.0% of parents, while 17.0% displayed a positive attitude, and treatment practices were rated as excellent in 46.5% and good in 26.5%.
Parental knowledge and treatment practices were not significantly associated with demographic factors, including parental age, gender, or number of children (p > 0.05).
A positive attitude toward children's visual problems was significantly associated with parental educational attainment (p < 0.05) and paternal occupation (p < 0.05).

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Cross-sectional study reveals low parental knowledge of pediatric eye diseases in hospital attendees, highlighting the need for targeted vision health education.

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Pawar et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a007874b124fe581985e843 https://doi.org/10.4103/ijo.ijo_2717_22

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Cross-sectional study reveals low parental knowledge of pediatric eye diseases in hospital attendees, highlighting the need for targeted vision health education.

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

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

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