The association between visual impairment, educational outcomes, and mental health: insights from eyeglasses usage among junior high school students in rural China.
Educational outcomes
Eyeglasses usage
Junior high school children
Mental health
Rural China
Visual impairment
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
16 10 2024
16 10 2024
Historique:
received:
08
04
2024
accepted:
03
09
2024
medline:
17
10
2024
pubmed:
17
10
2024
entrez:
16
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This study examined the association between visual impairment, visual impairment corrected by wearing eyeglasses, academic performance, and mental health among junior high school students in rural China. Visual acuity assessments were conducted on 19,425 junior high school students by trained medical and research professionals to determine the presence of visual impairment. All sample students were surveyed with a questionnaire that asked about individual and family characteristics, eyeglasses ownership, and educational aspirations and included a standardized math test. Students then completed an official Chinese simplified version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to assess their mental health multidimensionally. Among our sample, 37.2% of them suffered from visual impairment, but only 43.4% of the visually impaired students wore proper eyeglasses. Approximately 9.3% of students were categorized as high risk for mental health problems based on their SDQ score. A significant positive association existed between impaired vision and poorer mental health, and eyeglasses usage was associated with better mental health among visually impaired students. For students with better academic performance, eyeglasses usage associated with better mental health. Eyeglasses usage shows a positive association with higher education aspiration both for students with better and worse academic performance. The significant positive relationship between eyeglasses usage and mental health may guide future interventions and policies designed to improve student mental health by supplying them with eyeglasses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39414798
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-72119-2
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-72119-2
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
24244Subventions
Organisme : Beijing Postdoctoral Research Fund Project in China
ID : 2023-ZZ-167
Organisme : Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Science in Universities of the Ministry of Education of China
ID : 22JJD880004
Informations de copyright
© 2024. The Author(s).
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