预防性眼部护理是一种首选做法,包括推荐的定期眼部检查,这并不总是遵循。
这项研究调查了眼科医生对常规眼科检查的态度,分析了自己眼睛检查的依从性,并描述了不遵守规定的原因。
这是一项涉及在线调查的横断面研究,发送给以色列眼科学会(IOS)的所有成员,询问他们对常规眼部护理的个人意见,这些测试的自我表现,以及不遵守规定的原因。
共收到243份回复(59%为男性,平均年龄52岁),占IOS会员的40%。98%的受访者认为应该对成年人进行眼部疾病的常规筛查,最常见的是每年(52%)或每两年(36%);然而,只有55%的眼科医生报告说在过去的3年中进行了例行的眼科检查,显著低于他们的配偶(68%,P=0.003)。无论回应的眼科医生性别如何,常规眼科检查的建议总是高于其实际表现,年龄或出生国家。此外,发现女性性别是进行这些检查的负面预测因素。38%的眼科医生进行瞳孔扩张检查,尽管80%的人认为有必要进行全面检查。“缺乏时间”(35%)和“健忘”(31%)是眼科医生提供的主要原因,作为没有定期进行眼部检查的解释。
眼科医生通常认识到预防性眼部护理的重要性,建议为患者定期进行眼科检查;然而,眼科医生自己对这些评估的自我表现要低得多。
Preventive eye care is a preferred practice that includes recommended regular eye examinations, which is not always followed.
This study examined attitudes of ophthalmologists toward routine eye examinations, analyzed compliance with their own eye examinations, and described reasons for non-compliance.
This was a cross-sectional study involving an online survey, sent to all members of the Israeli Ophthalmological Society (IOS) asking their personal opinions concerning routine eye care, self-performance of these tests, and reasons for non-compliance.
A total of 243 responses were received (59% males, mean age 52 years) representing 40% of IOS members. 98% of respondents think that adults should be routinely screened for eye diseases, most commonly annually (52%) or every two years (36%); however, only 55% of ophthalmologists reported having themselves a routine eye check in the past 3 years, which is significantly lower than their spouse (68%, P = 0.003). Recommendations for routine eye examinations were always higher than their actual performance regardless of the responding ophthalmologists\' gender, age or country of birth. Furthermore, female gender was found to be a negative predictor of having these examinations. Pupil dilation was performed in 38% of ophthalmologists\' testing, even though 80% of them think it is necessary for a complete examination. \'Lack of time\' (35%) and \'forgetfulness\' (31%) were the main reasons provided by ophthalmologists as an explanation for not having regular eye testing.
Ophthalmologists typically recognize the importance of preventive eye care, recommending periodic eye examinations for their patients; however, self-performance of these evaluations by the ophthalmologists themselves is much lower.