Barriers to Accessing Eye Health Services in Suburban Communities in Nampula, Mozambique
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Título: | Barriers to Accessing Eye Health Services in Suburban Communities in Nampula, Mozambique |
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Autor/es: | Sengo, Dulnério B. | Marraca, Neves A. | Muaprato, Alcino M. | Garcia-Sanjuan, Sofia | Caballero, Pablo | López-Izquierdo, Inmaculada |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Salud Comunitaria (SALUD) | Calidad de Vida, Bienestar Psicológico y Salud | Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation / Atención centrada en la persona e innovación en resultados de salud (PCC-HOI) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Palabras clave: | Eye health | Barriers to access | Eye health services | Mozambique |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Enfermería |
Fecha de publicación: | 25-mar-2022 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Sengo DB, Marraca NA, Muaprato AM, García-Sanjuan S, Caballero P, López-Izquierdo I. Barriers to Accessing Eye Health Services in Suburban Communities in Nampula, Mozambique. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(7):3916. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073916 |
Resumen: | Globally, an estimated 2.2 billion people are visually impaired (VI) or blind, and a large proportion (90%) of those affected live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where access to eye health services is limited. This study aimed to identify barriers to accessing eye health services and associated factors in suburban communities of Nampula. A cross-sectional community-based study was carried out on adults ≥18 years old. A total of 338 adults were randomly selected from three communities (Muthita, Piloto, and Nthotta). Individual interviews were carried out and socio-demographic data, eye symptoms, date of last eye examination, and barriers to access to eye health services were extracted. Among participants, 49.4% had eye symptoms and 41.7% did not have their eye examinations up to date. The most cited barriers were crowding in hospitals (40.7%), financial difficulties (30.0%), self-medication (20.5%), traditional treatment (17.8%), and buying eyeglasses on the street (11.6%). Barriers limited the service target to 33%. Lower levels of schooling and monthly family income and farmer occupation were statistically associated with the most barriers as risk factors. The use of eye health services was lower due to barriers to accessing eye services. More specific intervention plans and greater cooperation between sectors are needed to improve these indicators. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/122732 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19073916 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073916 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - CV, BP Y S - Artículos de Revistas INV - PCC-HOI - Artículos de Revistas INV - SALUD - Artículos de Revistas |
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