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Nationwide investigation into knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding visual quality among Chinese ophthalmologists: an app-based cross-sectional study

Poster Details

First Author: Z.Xu CHINA

Co Author(s):    L. Wang   Q. Wu   W. Li   L. Wang           

Abstract Details

Purpose:

To investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding visual quality among Chinese ophthalmologists.

Setting:

This study was performed via a media platform, Visionly.

Methods:

A cross-sectional study was performed using a specifically designed Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) questionnaire,which included 798 ophthalmologists

Results:

54.4% of included  ophthalmologists were very much concerned about the concept of visual quality. Satisfactory visual quality of was considered the top important factor. (559, 70.1%) , followed by Safety (455, 57.0%) and Stable VA (303, 38.0%).No visual symptoms was the most important goal (46.2%) to obtain satisfactory visual quality. 3/4 agreed “very much” (586, 73.4%) that "satisfactory VA" is important, and  experienced  ophthalmologists (p= 0.03) and those introduced the concept  (p<0.001) were more agreeable about this viewpoint. 88% of the subjects always introduced the concept, and they had a higher job rank (p=0.043) and more surgeries experiences (p=0.01)

Conclusions:

Visual quality was the top priority for refractive surgeries, and the most important factor influencing postoperative visual quality is the absence of visual symptoms. Meanwhile, senior doctors were more likely to take the initiative to introduce the concept of visual quality, which could be a good strategy to minimize the suffering due to related complaints.

Financial Disclosure:

None