ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Med.
Sec. Ophthalmology
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1659439
Public Awareness of Low Vision Rehabilitation in China
Provisionally accepted
- 1Affiliated Eye Hospital to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
- 2People's Hospital of Quzhou, Quzhou, China
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Objective: To demonstrate public awareness of low vision rehabilitation (LVR) in China and identify related influencing factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study assessed low vision rehabilitation awareness using a Delphi method validated questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed through Vision China conferences (2022-2023) and representative hospitals in all provinces across China, targeting public and vision professionals. Results: 1482 questionnaires (360 were from visually impaired individuals) were collected, including 952 from the public and 530 from vision professionals. The mean total scores accounted for 37.0% and 55.6% of the maximum scores, respectively. For the public, individuals with higher education, good visual acuity, working in medical system, and having eye check yearly or more frequent were associated with better awareness of LVR. For vision professionals, participants aged over 40 years old, with better visual acuity, and knowing the low vision referral process demonstrated a better awareness of LVR. The main sources of LVR information for the public were doctors' advice (about 29%) and news media/online information (about 28%). Discussion: The awareness of LVR in China is insufficient in both the public and vision professionals. Regular eye checks, doctors' advice, and scientific education are essential to improve the awareness of the public. It is crucial to develop low-vision education in the medical curriculum and expand low-vision continuing education and forums to improve awareness among vision professionals. Keywords: low vision rehabilitation, awareness, questionnaire, vision professionals, public
Keywords: low vision rehabilitation, Awareness, questionnaire, vision professionals, public
Received: 04 Jul 2025; Accepted: 31 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Li, Zhu, Liu, Zhang, Hu, Chi, Lin and Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Jie Chen, Affiliated Eye Hospital to Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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