Asnav investigates relationship between French people and sight
From October 11 through 15, Asnav, Association Nationale pour l'Amélioration de la Vue, will be organizing vision days and has requested Opinionway to carry out a survey to evaluate 'the awareness and expectations of people in France with regard to good eye hygiene'.
The results show that the French are not properly informed about eye health. For 20% of the interviewees, 'sight problems' take second place to other concerns about health, after cancer and before cardiovascular disorders. Only 30% (43% of whom wear glasses and 12% do not) take measures to prevent sight problems. For example, almost 70% of the interviewees do not regularly wear sunglasses during outdoor sports in the sun, and the percentage rises to as much as 77% for children. As regards the checkups (when not affected by disorders and specific treatment is not necessary), the ophthalmologist is in 5th place after general medical checkups, the dentist and the industrial doctor. Only 40% of the interviewees state that they have consulted an ophthalmologist within a year.
In reply to the lack of information or inadequate information, opticians taking part in the upcoming vision days will propose 3 simple sight tests: vision acuity, field of vision and color perception. At the end of the tests, the opticians will issue a red card to all those diagnosed with a sight defect that has not been corrected, and a green card to those who do not have sight defects.
Starting September, Asnav will reinforce its message in 3 huge advertising posters with the captions: 'Every year, 180,000 people between 0 and 60 years of age risk losing an eye. What are you doing about your sight?', '8 million car drivers have a sight defect that has not been corrected or has been improperly corrected. What are you doing about your sight?', lastly, '800,000 people are unaware that they have glaucoma and risk losing their sight. What are you doing about your sight?'.
Placing particular emphasis on children's sight, during the presentation of the survey professor Hache underscored that 3.8% of children are affected by amblyopia and it should be treated before they reach the age of five.
