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Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study
PURPOSE: To identify the specific characteristics making glasses designs, particularly those compatible with adjustable glasses, more or less appealing to Chinese children and their parents. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Primary and secondary school children from urban and rural China with < = −1.00 diop...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088857 |
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author | Zhou, Zhongqiang Kecman, Maja Chen, Tingting Liu, Tianyu Jin, Ling Chen, Shangji Chen, Qianyun He, Mingguang Silver, Josh Moore, Bruce Congdon, Nathan |
author_facet | Zhou, Zhongqiang Kecman, Maja Chen, Tingting Liu, Tianyu Jin, Ling Chen, Shangji Chen, Qianyun He, Mingguang Silver, Josh Moore, Bruce Congdon, Nathan |
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description | PURPOSE: To identify the specific characteristics making glasses designs, particularly those compatible with adjustable glasses, more or less appealing to Chinese children and their parents. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Primary and secondary school children from urban and rural China with < = −1.00 diopters of bilateral myopia and their parents ranked four conventional-style frames identified by local optical shops as popular versus four child-specific frames compatible with adjustable spectacles. Scores based on the proportion of maximum possible ranking were computed for each style. Selected children and their parents also participated in Focus Groups (FGs) discussing spectacle design preference. Recordings were transcribed and coded by two independents reviewers using NVivo software. RESULTS: Among 136 urban primary school children (age range 9–11 years), 290 rural secondary school children (11–17 years) and 16 parents, all adjustable-style frames (scores on 0–100 scale 25.7–62.4) were ranked behind all conventional frames (63.0–87.5). For eight FGs including 12 primary children, 26 secondary children and 16 parents, average kappa values for NVivo coding were 0.81 (students) and 0.70 (parents). All groups agreed that the key changes to make adjustable designs more attractive were altering the round lenses to rectangular or oval shapes and adding curved earpieces for more stable wear. The thick frames of the adjustable designs were considered stylish, and children indicated they would wear them if the lens shape were modified. CONCLUSIONS: Current adjustable lens designs are unattractive to Chinese children and their parents, though this study identified specific modifications which would make them more appealing. |
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spelling | pubmed-39404292014-03-06 Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study Zhou, Zhongqiang Kecman, Maja Chen, Tingting Liu, Tianyu Jin, Ling Chen, Shangji Chen, Qianyun He, Mingguang Silver, Josh Moore, Bruce Congdon, Nathan PLoS One Research Article PURPOSE: To identify the specific characteristics making glasses designs, particularly those compatible with adjustable glasses, more or less appealing to Chinese children and their parents. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Primary and secondary school children from urban and rural China with < = −1.00 diopters of bilateral myopia and their parents ranked four conventional-style frames identified by local optical shops as popular versus four child-specific frames compatible with adjustable spectacles. Scores based on the proportion of maximum possible ranking were computed for each style. Selected children and their parents also participated in Focus Groups (FGs) discussing spectacle design preference. Recordings were transcribed and coded by two independents reviewers using NVivo software. RESULTS: Among 136 urban primary school children (age range 9–11 years), 290 rural secondary school children (11–17 years) and 16 parents, all adjustable-style frames (scores on 0–100 scale 25.7–62.4) were ranked behind all conventional frames (63.0–87.5). For eight FGs including 12 primary children, 26 secondary children and 16 parents, average kappa values for NVivo coding were 0.81 (students) and 0.70 (parents). All groups agreed that the key changes to make adjustable designs more attractive were altering the round lenses to rectangular or oval shapes and adding curved earpieces for more stable wear. The thick frames of the adjustable designs were considered stylish, and children indicated they would wear them if the lens shape were modified. CONCLUSIONS: Current adjustable lens designs are unattractive to Chinese children and their parents, though this study identified specific modifications which would make them more appealing. Public Library of Science 2014-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3940429/ /pubmed/24594799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088857 Text en © 2014 Zhou et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Zhou, Zhongqiang Kecman, Maja Chen, Tingting Liu, Tianyu Jin, Ling Chen, Shangji Chen, Qianyun He, Mingguang Silver, Josh Moore, Bruce Congdon, Nathan Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study |
title | Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study |
title_full | Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study |
title_fullStr | Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study |
title_short | Spectacle Design Preferences among Chinese Primary and Secondary Students and Their Parents: A Qualitative and Quantitative Study |
title_sort | spectacle design preferences among chinese primary and secondary students and their parents: a qualitative and quantitative study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24594799 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088857 |
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