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Children's visual impairment and visual care related to socioeconomic status in Catalonia (Spain)

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Guisasola València, LauraMés informacióMés informacióMés informació
Rius Ulldemolins, Anna
Alonso Caballero, Jordi
Tresserras Gaju, Ricard
Document typeArticle
Defense date2020-11-11
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Background: The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of visual impairment and visual care practices and its association with socioeconomic conditions in the infant population in Catalonia. Methods: The Catalan Institute of Statistics provided a random sample of 0 to 14-year-old non-institutionalized children whose parents were interviewed in a continuous health survey from 2011 to 2015 in Catalonia. A multistage stratified and random sampling procedure considering age, sex, county and town was followed. All results have been weighted according to the sample design and are presented as the proportion of the condition with its 95% confidence limits. Chi-square tests were performed to evaluate the association between categorical variables. To study the association of visual care with independent variables, a multiple logistic regression model was used. Results: In 0 to 14-year-old children, a 12.9% (95% confidence interval [CI] [11.8–13.9]) prevalence of correctable visual impairment was observed. The prevalence of non-correctable visual impairment was 0.9% (95% CI [0.6–1.2]). Noncorrectable visual impairment was more prevalent in families with lower education levels, manual professions or unemployed. Of children without visual impairment, 13,5% (95% CI:12.3–14.6) visited a visual care professional in the last 12 months while this proportion was 67.4% (95% CI [63.3–71.5]) among those with correctable visual impairment. When parents have a university degree or non-manual professions, a higher level of visual care was observed. In children with correctable visual impairment, visual reviews were more frequent when parents are employed in a non-manual profession. Conclusions: For the first time, indicators related to visual impairment in children in Catalonia have been recorded. There is an association between lower socioeconomic status and having non-correctable visual impairment, and conversely, having correctable visual impairment was significantly associated with employed parents. More visual care is associated with higher socioeconomic status.
CitationVila-Vidal, N. [et al.]. Children's visual impairment and visual care related to socioeconomic status in Catalonia (Spain). "Child care health and development", 11 Novembre 2020, vol. 47, núm. 1, p. 94-102. 
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/2117/346026
DOI10.1111/cch.12826
ISSN0305-1862
Publisher versionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cch.12826
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