Helen Dargahi, Alireza Monajemi, Akbar Soltani, Hooman Hossein Nejad Nedaie, Ali Labaf
Anchoring Errors in Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculties
Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
preschool orthoptics visual screening program began brunei darussalam 2004 detect amblyopia common cause treatable visual disorders children amblyopia asymptomatic easily missed cause permanent adverse visual consequences hence necessary screened parental role ensuring timely visual screening pivotal childs visual wellbeing educational success study explored parental awareness reasons nonattendance crosssectional study 401 parents conducted bruneimuara district private kindergarten schools maternal child health clinics selfdesigned selfadministered questionnaire used data collected analysed using rstudio form descriptive analytic statistics study findings showed 528 defaulted screening significant association parental awareness defaulters p 005 399 parents aware screening service availability 501 taken children eye check significant sociodemographic factor influenced awareness importance vision screening parental employment status p 0013 revealing 443 times higher likelihood default father unemployed study found additional child parents 125 times less likely seek eye screening p 005 main reason nonattendance lack awareness situation parents believed children seeing well mitigating child visual screening defaults requires communityfocused approach