Marta Lupón|Gen??s Cardona|Manuel Armayones
Public knowledge of low vision and blindness, and readability of on-topic online information
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya|Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya|Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya|Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
explore laymen knowledge low vision blindness concepts assess readability ontopic information available online crosssectional study performed march 2019 knowledge evaluated means ad hoc questionnairesurvey two dichotomous questions concepts related low vision blindness followed list 10 trueorfalse statements readability two ontopic online texts different complexity evaluated asking participants rate difficulty experienced likert scale objectively means freeware inflesz readability scale spanish language data analysis included descriptive statistics ttests anova test statistical significance p 005 fiftytwo percent 103 participants declared never heard low vision ninetyfour percent participants aware word blindness although misinterpreted neither academic level age influenced knowledge p 005 higher academic level related better readability scores complex online text p 005 overall general public limited awareness low vision large misconception blindness therefore visual health education actions aim fostering knowledge literacy issue strategy may encourage individuals seek advice eye care providers order prevent treat visual impairment relevant consequences time terms quality life costs