A qualitative analysis on cognition of myopia and needs of health education among parents of pupils in Chongqing City
Objective To investigate the understanding of parents of pupils on the causes of myopia and the knowl-edge of myopia prevention and control,and to put forward relevant suggestions on the prevention and control of myopia in home.Methods The interview outline was self-designed,the semi-structured interview was adopted,and three-level cod-ing was used in content analysis method.The interview results were structured and described,and the matrix query was used to analyze the differences in parents'knowledge of myopia under different attributes.Results Parents believed that the main causes of myopia were reading and writing behavior and environment(40.33%),electronic products(35.04%),lifestyle(14.23%)and other aspects(such as eye hygiene,genetics,etc.)(10.40%).In terms of their needs,parents espe-cially hoped to get the knowledge of myopia prevention and control from schools to their children.Through the matrix query,it was found that mother had more knowledge of myopia prevention and control than other family members,and the parents of the children with myopia and the children with higher grades had better knowledge of myopia prevention and control,but no more than a quarter of them could answer four points or more knowledge immediately.Conclusion Parents'knowledge re-serve of the prevention and control of myopia is not enough still,and its breadth and depth are insufficient.At the same time,parents have the concept of"evasion"when performing the responsibility of family myopia prevention and con-trol.Parents should try to exert their subjective initiative to study and implement the prevention and control of family myopia,and implement the double insurance of prevention and control of myopia in school and family environment.
Myopia prevention and controlParentPupilNvivoQualitative analysis