Highlights
- •This study analyzed the reasons for the poor effect of myopia intervention in children and adolescents from a family perspective.
- •The results shows several factors contributed to barriers to promotion of visual health.
- •This study also found when parents faced a conflict between education and vision care, they tended to choose current education and ignore future development of visual problems.
Abstract
Purpose
Child and adolescent myopia is a widespread public health problem worldwide, with
high incidence, low age at onset, and severe symptoms. Family management plays a very
important role in the prevention and management of myopia in children and adolescents;
however, even with knowledge of the health risks of myopia, parents still continue
to selectively ignore the importance of visual health, resulting in difficulties with
family care related to childhood and adolescent myopia. The purpose of this study
was to explore the barriers to family intervention for child and adolescent vision.
Methods
This was a qualitative phenomenological research study that used in-depth semi-structured
interviews to explore the experiences of 20 parents whose children had been diagnosed
with myopia in Shenzhen, China. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis methods.
Results
Three themes emerged: Vision health: neglected care, Going outdoors: the forgotten
activity, Education: the top priority.
Conclusions
Our analysis revealed that several factors contributed to barriers to promotion of
visual health. One was an incorrect perception of myopia, including the effects of
myopia, its non-lethality, and a view that it has minimal impact on daily life. Additionally,
when parents faced a conflict between education and vision care, they tended to choose
current education and ignore future development of visual problems.
Practice implications
The findings suggest that future family intervention for child and adolescent myopia
can be based on the perspective of parental health education, Simultaneously, it should
also focus on the balance between education and vision care.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 18, 2022
Accepted:
May 6,
2022
Received in revised form:
April 28,
2022
Received:
January 6,
2022
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