Effect of traditional Chinese medicine eye health exercises combined with family interaction management program on the improvement of eye habits and visual acuity in children and adolescents with refractive errors
Objective To observe the effects of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)eye health exercises combined with family interactionmanagement program on the improvement of eye habits and visual acuity in children and adolescents with refrac-tive errors(REs).Methods A total of 120 cases of children and adolescents with REs were randomly divided into two groups.Patients in the control group(n=60)were treated with routine outpatient education and correction method,and those in the ob-servation group(n=60)were treated with TCM eye exercise combined with family interaction management program.Both groups were treated for 3 months.Naked visual acuity,correction rate of poor eye habit,scoresof simple coping style questionnaire(SCSQ),depression self-rating scale(DSRS),andthe Screen for Childhood Anxiety-Related Disorders(SCARED)were in-cluded as comparatorsbefore intervention and on months 1 and 3 of intervention,and family satisfaction and clinical efficacy were counted.Results The RES correction rate in the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group(91.67%[55/60]vs 76.67%[46/60],P<0.05).The naked visual acuity on months 1 and 3 of intervention in the two groups was significantly improved,and which was significantly higher in the observation group than in the control group(P<0.05).The score of compliance behavior in the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group(P<0.05).After intervention,the scores of SCARED and DSRS,negative coping of SCSQ in the both groups were significantly lower than those before intervention,but positive coping of SCSQ scores were significantly higher,the observation group was superior to the control group for the scores of SCARED and DSRS,and the negative and positive coping of SCSQ scores(all P<0.05).The satisfaction scores of family members in observation group were sig-nificantly higher than those of control group(P<0.05).Conclu-sion TCM eye health exercises combined with family interaction management program can better correct REs in children,im-prove their naked eye vision,correct poor eye habits,improve the level of compliance behavior and negative emotions,promote the children to establish a positive disease coping style,and it has good satisfaction in the family members of children.
Refractive errorsChildren and adolescentsPoor eye habitsFamily interaction management programTraditional Chinese medicine eye health exercises