Amblyopia interferes in the critical period of visual development among children. Due to the limitations of conventional management of patching therapy, in the recent decade digital screen based binocular vision therapy was introduced. We aimed to study the awareness and attitude of eye care practitioners towards digital screen based binocular vision therapy in management of amblyopia. The study has been conducted by constructing and validating a questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated through a pilot study. Around 104 eye care practitioners responded to the survey, showing 96% of the eye care practitioners’ awareness towards refractive correction as the first line of management for amblyopia. A high number of respondents (83%) were aware of prescribing computer-based video games for amblyopia therapy in the clinical practice. 'The visual function improvement is very much feasible with digital screen based binocular vision therapy’ was the opinion of 55% (n=52) of eye care practitioners.
Purpose: To investigate the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on compliance to amblyopia therapy from the perspective of parents of amblyopic children. Methods: The participants for the qualitative study were enrolled from the medical records of a tertiary eye care center during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trained researcher conducted telephonic interviews consisting of validated 15 open-ended questions for 15 min. The questions were related to patients’ compliance toward amblyopia treatment and the date of follow-up with their practitioners. The data collected were entered on Excel sheets in the participant’s own words and later converted to a transcript for analysis. Results: A total of 217 parents of children with amblyopia who were due for follow-up were contacted through telephone. The response rate for willingness to participate was only 36% ( n = 78). Of these, 76% ( n = 59) of parents reported that their child was compliant toward the treatment during the therapy period and 69% reported that their child was currently not on treatment for amblyopia. Conclusion: In the current study, we have observed that although reported compliance by parents during the therapy period was good, around 69% of patients had discontinued amblyopia therapy. The main reason for the discontinuation of therapy was the failure to visit the hospital during the scheduled follow-up with the eye care practitioner.
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