Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Print ISSN: 2395-1443

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Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...

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Mounika B , Syeda Sadiya Ikram*, Sanjeev Kumar Puri


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A mixed method to evaluate the importance of visual health awareness among health care students


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Author Details : Mounika B , Syeda Sadiya Ikram*, Sanjeev Kumar Puri

Volume : 8, Issue : 3, Year : 2022

Article Page : 417-422

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2022.084



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Abstract

Objective: The study was done to assess the pre and post awareness of eye health care and importance of regular eye test to detect ocular and systemic conditions which may be asymptomatic.
Materials and Methods: This study done on 278 subjects, age group between 18-30years. 65% of the subjects are females and 35% of them are males are included. In this questionnaire study, pre and post data is collected among health care students on pre-eye examination, participants were asked questions on their demographic detail, Eye examination, visual symptoms, ocular symptoms, visual aids, safety eye wear, importance of eye examination and a pamphlet is shown to create knowledge, awareness after which post awareness data is collected.
Results: A total of 278 subjects were participated, our result showed a significant improvement in increasing awareness, knowledge level in post intervention of health care students regarding visual health awareness and eye care. Overall knowledge before intervention was low 55.43% and was increased to 87.1% after intervention.
Conclusions: Awareness programs in eye care can have a positive effect on raising the profile of eye health services within health systems, thereby increasing the knowledge, confidence, and motivation in health care students.
 

Keywords: Visual awareness, Eye examination, Eye care, Knowledge on eye health.


How to cite : Mounika B, Ikram S S, Puri S K, A mixed method to evaluate the importance of visual health awareness among health care students. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022;8(3):417-422

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