چکیده:
Objectives: Amblyopia is most common binocular vision anomalies. To comprise is decrease of visual acuity witch doesn't remove by optical correction. Nowadays because of the psychosocial problem with amblyopia, is a functional disability. Awareness of parents of children with amblyopic life experience, when facing with curing system can provide effective for promotion of self-assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.
Methods: To explore parent's experience in relation with health care provider utilize a qualitative study with phenomenological method. This study involving semi-structured on-depth interviews with 9 parents of child with amblyopia. Interviews were tape recorded. Data analysis was based on Van manen method.
Results: Parents of children describe five subjects in relation with health care providers include: on time and correct diagnosis, consultation, therapist's behavior, change the therapist and visual screening.
Discussion: This study indicates that on time diagnosis and intervention, therapists appropriate behavior, consultation and prescribe an appropriate treatment can effect on parental and child acceptance and successful treatment.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Original Article Life experience of parents with amblyopic children in contact with health care providers Mohammad Kamali, PhD.
Awareness of parents of children with amblyopic life experience, when facing with curing system can provide effective for promotion of self-assessment, treatment and rehabilitation.
Results: parents of children describe five subjects in relation with health care providers include: on time and correct diagnosis, consultation, therapist's behavior, change the therapist and visual screening.
Discussion: This study indicates that on time diagnosis and intervention, therapists appropriate behavior, consultation and prescribe an appropriate treatment can effect on parental and child acceptance and successful treatment.
Objectives Keywords: life experience, child with amblyopia, phenomenology, health care providers Submitted: 15 May 2009 Accepted: 02 September 2009 Introduction Amblyopia is most common cause of binocular vision anomalies among child, young and middle age adult (1).
vision therapy for amblyopia or rehabilitation in amblyopia as defined functional disability has 6 related stages, included: prescribe an appropriate prescription, implement occlusion therapy, prescribe an active vision therapy program to augment occlusion therapy, assess prescription power and VA with appropriate frequently, consider strabismus surgery when appropriate, monitor compliance and education the parent (2).
Their correct and timely diagnosis especially in anisometropic amblyopia,their appropriate prescription, present the information and consultation, visual screening and refer the patient are some causes of this notion.
In this study we try to survey the parent's experience with their amblyopic children in contact with health care presenters by a qualitative research and phenomenological approach.
Sometimes vision screening provider aware the parents of their child’s amblyopia.