背景:了解看护者愿意为孩子的眼镜付费(WTP)对于改善屈光不正服务和眼镜提供的可持续性至关重要。因此,在一项多中心研究中,我们调查了看护人为孩子的眼镜支付费用的意愿,以在CrossRiverState(CRS)制定眼镜交叉补贴计划,尼日利亚。
方法:从2019年8月9日至10月31日,我们向所有看护人发放了问卷,他们的孩子从学校视力筛查转诊到四个眼睛中心进行全屈光评估和配发矫正眼镜。我们收集了社会人口统计信息,儿童屈光不正类型,和眼镜处方,然后使用结构化问卷和投标格式(以当地货币,奈拉,)。
结果:来自四个中心的137名受访者(回应率=100%)接受了采访:女性比例更高(n=92,67.1%),年龄在41至50岁之间(n=59,43.1%),政府雇员(n=64,46.7%),并获得了大专或大学教育(n=77,56.2%)。在发给孩子的137个眼镜中,74(54.0%)患有近视或近视散光(等于或大于0.50D)。样本人群的平均WTP为3,560(8.9美元)(SD±1,913.4)。男性(p=0.039),受过高等教育的人(p<0.001),月收入较高(p=0.042),政府雇员(p=0.001)更愿意支付3600英镑(9.0美元)或更多。
结论:结合我们之前的营销分析结果,这些发现为制定CRS中儿童眼镜交叉补贴计划提供了依据.需要进一步研究以确定该计划和实际WTP的可接受性。
Understanding caretakers\' willingness to pay (WTP) for their children\'s
spectacles is essential to improving the sustainability of refractive error services and spectacle provision. Therefore, we investigated the willingness of caretakers to pay for their children\'s
spectacles in a multi-centre study to develop a spectacle cross-subsidisation scheme in the Cross River State (CRS), Nigeria.
We administered the questionnaire to all caretakers whose children were referred from school vision screenings to four eye centres for full refraction assessment and dispensing of corrective
spectacles from 9 August to 31 October 2019. We collected information on socio-demography, children\'s refractive error types, and spectacle prescription and then asked the caretakers about their WTP for the spectacles using a structured questionnaire and bidding format (in the local currency, Naira, ₦).
A total of 137 respondents (response rate = 100%) from four centres were interviewed: with greater proportion of women (n = 92, 67.1%), aged between 41 and 50 years (n = 59, 43.1%), government employees (n = 64, 46.7%) and had acquired college or university education (n = 77, 56.2%). Of the 137
spectacles dispensed to their children, 74 (54.0%) had myopia or myopic astigmatism (equal to or greater than 0.50D). The mean stated WTP for the sample population was ₦3,560 (US$ 8.9) (SD ± ₦1,913.4). Men (p = 0.039), those with higher education (p < 0.001), higher monthly incomes (p = 0.042), and government employees (p = 0.001) were more willing to pay ₦3,600 (US$9.0) or more.
Combining our previous findings from marketing analysis, these findings provided a basis to plan for a children\'s
spectacles cross-subsidisation scheme in CRS. Further research will be needed to determine the acceptability of the scheme and the actual WTP.