The impact of COVID-19 on compliance to amblyopia treatment in a tertiary eye care center.
Indian J Ophthalmol
; 71(5): 2105-2108, 2023 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2323554
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on compliance to amblyopia therapy from the perspective of parents of amblyopic children.Methods:
The participants for the qualitative study were enrolled from the medical records of a tertiary eye care center during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trained researcher conducted telephonic interviews consisting of validated 15 open-ended questions for 15 min. The questions were related to patients' compliance toward amblyopia treatment and the date of follow-up with their practitioners. The data collected were entered on Excel sheets in the participant's own words and later converted to a transcript for analysis.Results:
A total of 217 parents of children with amblyopia who were due for follow-up were contacted through telephone. The response rate for willingness to participate was only 36% (n = 78). Of these, 76% (n = 59) of parents reported that their child was compliant toward the treatment during the therapy period and 69% reported that their child was currently not on treatment for amblyopia.Conclusion:
In the current study, we have observed that although reported compliance by parents during the therapy period was good, around 69% of patients had discontinued amblyopia therapy. The main reason for the discontinuation of therapy was the failure to visit the hospital during the scheduled follow-up with the eye care practitioner.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Amblyopia
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Ophthalmol
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijo.IJO_2135_22
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