Impact of spectacle wear on the quality of life of learners with hearing impairment in Ghana

African Vision and Eye Health Pub Date : 2024-05-23 DOI:10.4102/aveh.v83i1.875

M. Kwarteng, Kathutshelo P. Mashige, S. Kyei, P. Govender-Poonsamy, Daniel Sunkwa Quarcoo Dogbe

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Background: Visual impairment significantly affects learners with hearing impairment.Aim: To assess the impact of spectacle wear on the quality of life (QoL) of learners with hearing impairment in Ghana.Setting: Six schools for the deaf in Ghana.Methods: A prospective case-control study design was used to assess the QoL among learners with uncorrected refractive error (URE) using the quality-of-life impact of refractive correction (QIRC) questionnaire before and after the provision of spectacles.Results: A total of 138 learners were enrolled in this study, with 69 learners in both the intervention and control groups, respectively. The mean QIRC score improved significantly for the intervention group: QIRC score before = 43.89 ± 8.96 vs. after = 48.82 ± 6.71 (P 0.05 and Cohen’s d = 0.62) but not the control group: QIRC score before = 50.79 ± 11.66 and 51.77 ± 10.67 (P = 0.607). Among the learners provided with spectacles, those who did not comply with spectacle wear had significant differences (P 0.05) in mean QIRC scores before and after the intervention. Only visual acuity (VA) and the magnitude of prescription with QIRC scores after intervention had a significant relationship (P 0.05).Conclusion: Uncorrected refractive error affected the QoL of learners with hearing impairment, and spectacle correction significantly improved their QoL.Contribution: The use of spectacle lenses, VA and magnitude of prescription affected the QoL scores; however, sex and age did not influence the QoL scores.

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佩戴眼镜对加纳听障学生生活质量的影响

背景：视力障碍对听力障碍学生的影响很大：目的：评估佩戴眼镜对加纳听障学生生活质量（QoL）的影响：环境：加纳六所聋哑学校：方法：采用前瞻性病例对照研究设计，使用屈光矫正对生活质量的影响（QIRC）问卷，评估未矫正屈光不正（URE）学生在配戴眼镜前后的生活质量：共有 138 名学生参加了这项研究，干预组和对照组分别有 69 名学生。干预组的 QIRC 平均得分明显提高：QIRC 评分前 = 43.89 ± 8.96 vs. 后 = 48.82 ± 6.71（P 0.05，Cohen's d = 0.62），但对照组没有明显改善：QIRC 评分前 = 50.79 ± 11.66 和后 = 51.77 ± 10.67（P = 0.607）。在配戴了眼镜的学习者中，那些没有坚持配戴眼镜的学习者在干预前后的 QIRC 平均得分有显著差异（P 0.05）。只有视力（VA）和度数的大小与干预后的 QIRC 分数有显著关系（P 0.05）：结论：未矫正的屈光不正影响听障学习者的 QoL，而眼镜矫正能显著改善他们的 QoL：贡献：眼镜片的使用、视力和度数对 QoL 分数有影响，但性别和年龄对 QoL 分数没有影响。

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African Vision and Eye Health Health Professions-Optometry

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