背景:验光和眼科的最佳实践建议定期拜访眼部护理专业人员,因为常规眼科检查支持早期发现眼部缺陷和相关的全身性,有时可能危及生命,条件。
目的:本研究旨在确定加纳阿沙蒂地区眼科服务的利用情况及其相关因素。
方法:加纳阿散蒂地区43个区中的10个区有50个选举区。
方法:总共1615名参与者,18岁及以上,是在加纳的阿散蒂地区随机选择的,横断面调查。与眼科检查相关的因素由Andersen的行为模型指导。数据采用多元逻辑回归分析,采用IBMSPSS软件,版本25
结果:经过统计调整后,与18-29岁年龄组相比,发现年龄较大的参与者更有可能使用眼部护理服务:此外,与没有接受过正规教育的参与者相比,接受较高正规教育的参与者使用眼部护理的几率更高:患有高血压,自我报告的视力问题和感觉定期眼科检查很重要,在统计学上与眼部护理利用率相关。
结论:在加纳的Ashanti地区,眼科服务的利用率低得惊人。因此,有必要通过解决阻碍加纳阿什蒂地区接受眼科服务的社会经济和个人障碍来促进公共卫生的有效计划。贡献:该研究解决了加纳Ashanti地区与眼科服务利用相关因素知识的差距。
BACKGROUND: Best practice in optometry and ophthalmology recommends regular visits to eye care professionals, as routine eye examinations support early detection of ocular defects and associated systemic, sometimes potentially life-threatening, conditions.
OBJECTIVE: The study sought to determine the utilisation of ophthalmic services and its associated factors in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
METHODS: Fifty electoral areas in 10 of the 43 districts in the Ashanti region of Ghana.
METHODS: A total of 1615 participants, aged 18 years and above, were randomly selected in the Ashanti region of Ghana for this population-based, cross-sectional survey. The factors associated with having had an eye examination were guided by Andersen\'s Behavioural Model. The data were analysed using multiple logistic regression, employing the IBM SPSS software, version 25.
RESULTS: After statistical adjustments, compared with the 18-29-year-old age group, older participants were found to be more likely to utilise eye care services: In addition, participants with higher formal education had higher odds for eye care utilisation compared with no former education: Being hypertensive, self-reported vision problems and feeling that regular eye examinations are important, were statistically associated with eye care utilisation.
CONCLUSIONS: There is alarmingly poor utilisation of ophthalmic services in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Effective programmes to promote public health by addressing the socio-economic and individual barriers hindering the uptake of ophthalmic services in the Ashanti region of Ghana are thus necessary.Contribution: The study addresses a gap in the knowledge of factors associated with ophthalmic services utilisation in the Ashanti region of Ghana.