A study on the correlation and the influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and practice about vision protection among the parents of the primary school students

Objective To study the status of knowledge,attitude and practice (KAP) about vision protection among the parents of the primary school students and its intluencing factors,and to provide basis for conducting the relevant health education among school-age children.Methods The students and their parents selected from 6 primary schools in a district of Shanghai were required to have a questionnaire study.A total of 1 083 effective questionnaires of parents and 987 ones of students were collected.Results About 71.28% of the parents mastered the knowledge about vision protection,87.53% had proper attitudes and 73.13% had satisfactory practices.Age,educational level,occupation and annual income have made significant influence on the KAP of parents(F=767.85,962.49,523.71,P<0.01);educational level(F=1 506.13,363.21,1 104.61,P<0.01);occupation(F=364.14,234.07,563.12,P<0.01);annual income(F=273.56,76.21,563.79,P<0.05).Parents' attitudes and practices were correlated to the attitudes and practices of their children,and the correlation was of statistical significance(r =0.78,0.82,0.55,0.63,P<0.05).Conclusion A targeted propaganda on vision protection should be conducted in accordance with age,educational level,occupation and annual income of the parents.Changing parents' wrong attitude and ill behaviors,and having more medical workers involved in the education are the effective ways to scientifically carry out the relevant health education among school-age students.