Eye Care Utilization among Older Subjects with Visual Impairment in Northwest Ethiopia.
Purpose: To find out the level of eye care service utilization and its determinants among the elderly visually impaired populations while visiting ophthalmic outreach locations in North- Western Ethiopia, 2021. Methods: An ophthalmic outreach-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 852 visually...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 306 - 318 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=169903047&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 169903047 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 20082010 AY5S jtl: Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research issn: 20082010 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul-Sep2023 vid: 18 iid: 3 pid: 35682 pub: Knowledge E DMCC artinfo: ui: 169903047 169903047 169903047 10.18502/jovr.v18i3.13779 169903047 ppf: 306 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Eye Care Utilization among Older Subjects with Visual Impairment in Northwest Ethiopia. aug: au: Assaye, Aragaw Kegne Tegegn, Melkamu Temeselew Belete, Gizachew Tilahun affil: Department of Optometry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia sug: subj: Health Services Utilization Vision Disorders Psychosocial Factors Eye Care Psychosocial Factors Human Ethiopia Aged Cross Sectional Studies Random Sample Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Data Analysis Software Confidence Intervals Odds Ratio Eyeglasses Eye Diseases Blindness Logistic Regression Vision Screening Aged: 65+ years ab: Purpose: To find out the level of eye care service utilization and its determinants among the elderly visually impaired populations while visiting ophthalmic outreach locations in North- Western Ethiopia, 2021. Methods: An ophthalmic outreach-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 852 visually impaired older people. Participants were selected by using a systematic random sampling method from January to July 2021. Data were collected by using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and an ocular examination. The collected data were entered into the Epi Info 7, and analyzed using SPSS 20. A binary logistic regression was fitted. Results: A total of 821 participants, with a response rate of 96.5%, were included in the study. The utilization of eye care services within the past two years prior to the study was 21.1% (95 % CI: 18.2-23.9). Having systemic disease (AOR = 3.2, 95% CI: 1.5-7.0), being a spectacle wearer (AOR = 4.5, 95% CI: 2.0-9.4), having visual impairment at distance (AOR = 2.9; 95% CI: 1.5-5.6), being blind (AOR = 2.9; 95% CI: 1.5-5.6), duration of visual impairment ≤1 year (AOR = 2.5; 95% CI: 1.3-4.9) were all significantly associated. Conclusion: In this study, utilization of eye care services was low. Being visually impaired at distance, being blind, recent onset of visual impairment, being a spectacle wearer, and having systemic disease were all related to the use of eye care services. The commonest barriers to utilization of eye care services were financial scarcity and long distances between eye care facilities. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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