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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Attitudes and knowledge of myopia management by Spanish optometrists
Contributor:
Di Pierdomenico, Johnny;
González-González, Raquel;
Valiente-Soriano, Francisco J.;
Galindo-Romero, Caridad;
García-Ayuso, Diego
Published:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
Published in:
International Ophthalmology, 43 (2023) 11, Seite 4247-4261
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/s10792-023-02835-7
ISSN:
1573-2630
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Abstract Purpose To investigate the knowledge, training and clinical practice of Spanish optometrists about preventing and controlling myopia progression. Methods A web-based questionnaire was distributed to Spanish optometrists through social networks, optometric professional bodies and one of the major Spanish optometrists' associations to assess practitioner perception, understanding, and self-reported clinical practice behavior related to myopia diagnosis and management. Results A total of 534 optometrists with a mean age of 40.8 ± 10.3 years completed the survey. Most respondents have been practicing optometry for more than 20 years (89.8%), report having actively treated childhood myopia (82.4%), and are very concerned about the increasing frequency of pediatric myopia in their daily practice (85.3%). Almost all of the respondents (97.3%) agreed that the efficacy of treatment is related to the age at which it is prescribed, and more than half (53.6%) considered a progression higher than − 0.50 and up to − 1.00D as the minimum necessary to consider a myopia management option. Respondents who reported actively managing childhood myopia considered orthokeratology, atropine and soft-defocus contact lenses the most effective myopia control interventions. However, the most frequently prescribed form of myopia correction by Spanish optometrists was single-vision spectacles, followed by orthokeratology and soft-defocus contact lenses. Conclusions Spanish optometrists are very active in the management of myopia, especially by fitting orthokeratology lenses or dual-focus soft contact lenses for myopia control, but there is still potential for improvement in the methodology they follow for both the diagnosis and management of myopia.