Objectives/Aims:

The aim was to investigate the vision of all 90 dentally qualified staff at a dental school.

Materials and Methods:

Ethical approval was obtained and a questionnaire-based survey conducted. Data were screened and analysed using Stata 13.1. The χ² and Fisher’s Exact tests were used to test for significance with an alpha level of 0.05.

Results:

The participation rate was 95.6%. Most of the teachers (92%) considered their eyesight was satisfactory to practice dentistry. Of the 97% who had been tested at some stage, 15% had their eye examination due to sight deterioration with 22% needing correction. Almost two-thirds were myopic and a third were hyperopic. Forty-nine per cent wore spectacles only, with about a quarter of this group alternating between spectacles and contact lenses. Of those with corrected vision, 80% followed their optometrist’s recall advice. Four participants reported that they were colour blind. While 4% had had laser-eye surgery, a further 27% were interested in this. Magnification was used by 72% with no significant differences between genders, age of staff member, place of qualification or registration status. Most of the staff (81%) thought that screening of dental student’s eyesight should be mandatory, and regular eye examinations as a condition of dental practice was supported by 67%.

Discussion:

The number of teachers reporting recent vision tests was encouraging; nevertheless, a worrying 8% surveyed were unsure if their eyesight was satisfactory for work. The commonest vision problem was myopia, with almost half of the teachers wearing spectacles. It is clear that visual standards for dentistry would be helpful. Magnification use was high, with many non-users indicating their intention to buy loupes.

Conclusions:

Within the limits of this study the teachers were conscientious regarding their eye care, irrespective of their training and age. There was strong support for the mandatory testing of vision for all dentists and especially dental students.

中文翻译：

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视力：对牙科学校工作人员的一项研究

 目标/目标：

目的是调查牙科学校所有 90 名具有牙科资格的员工的视力。

 材料和方法：

获得了道德批准并进行了问卷调查。使用Stata 13.1对数据进行筛选和分析。使用χ ²和 Fisher 精确检验来检验 α 水平为 0.05 的显着性。

 结果：

参与率为95.6%。大多数教师（92%）认为他们的视力足以胜任牙科工作。在某个阶段接受过检查的 97% 的人中，15% 的人因视力下降而接受眼科检查，22% 的人需要矫正。近三分之二的人近视，三分之一的人远视。 49% 的人只戴眼镜，其中约四分之一的人交替戴框架眼镜和隐形眼镜。在视力矫正的人中，80% 遵循了验光师的召回建议。四名参与者报告说他们是色盲。虽然 4% 的人做过激光眼科手术，但另外 27% 的人对此感兴趣。 72%的人使用了放大法，性别、工作人员年龄、资格地点或注册状况之间没有显着差异。大多数员工（81%）认为牙科学生的视力筛查应该是强制性的，67%的人支持定期进行眼科检查作为牙科实习的条件。

 讨论：

报告近期视力测试的教师数量令人鼓舞；然而，令人担忧的是，8% 的受访者不确定自己的视力是否适合工作。最常见的视力问题是近视，几乎一半的老师都戴着眼镜。显然，牙科的视觉标准会有所帮助。放大镜的使用率很高，许多非用户表示他们打算购买放大镜。

 结论：

在本研究的范围内，教师们无论受过什么培训、年龄如何，都认真对待他们的眼睛护理。人们强烈支持对所有牙医，尤其是牙科学生进行强制性视力测试。