Govender-Poonsamy Pirindhavellie, Ai Chee Yong, Khathutshelo Percy Mashige, Kovin S Naidoo, Ving Fai Chan
The impact of spectacle correction on the well-being of children with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error: a systematic review
BMC public health
thailand provided free annual health checkups ahc since universal health coverage began 2002 however evidence regarding equitable use ahc scarce thus study explored factors associated use ahc thailand crosssectional study conducted using data national 2015 health welfare survey respondents aged 15 years n 57343 selected study sample descriptive statistical analysis multivariable binary logistic regression conducted examine association use ahc factors selected basis andersens behavioral model access medical care among study sample approximately 49 n 2815 used ahc past year regarding predisposing factors use ahc positively related age eg 61 vs 1530 aor 290 95 ci 240352 p 0001 female sex aor 123 95 ci 112135 p 0001 enabling factors ahc use positively associated income eg q4 vs q1 aor 198 95 ci 175225 p 0001 education eg high vs low aor 311 95 ci 275351 p 0001 married eg vs single aor 127 95 ci 111146 p 0001 urban residency aor 112 95 ci 104122 p 0006 needforcare factors ahc use positively related chronic disease aor 126 95 ci 115138 p 0001 nonsmoking eg vs daily aor 118 95 ci 103136 p 0015 nondrinking eg vs 34 times per week aor 126 95 ci 104153 p 0016 vegetable consumption eg 5 ladles vs 1 ladle aor 186 95 ci 150231 p 0001 results indicate health awareness could play significant role use ahc individuals high socioeconomic status eg highincome people lowrisk health behaviors eg nonsmokers generally high interest health wellbeing may primary reason high use ahc among groups thus government continue promote publics health awareness various public campaigns education programs increase use ahc