Current status of social anxiety among primary school students with myopia in Urumqi, China and risk factors for myopia.
- Author:
Dan WANG
1
;
Jing YANG
;
Ya-Jing XIAN
;
Ping-Ping WU
;
Su-Lan LIN
Author Information
1. School of Nursing, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China. linsulan@163.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Anxiety;
China;
Female;
Humans;
Myopia;
Risk Factors;
Students;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2019;21(2):184-188
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence of social anxiety among the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade primary school students with myopia in Urumqi, China and the risk factors for social anxiety.
METHODS:Stratified cluster random sampling was used to select 552 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade primary school students with myopia from four primary schools in Urumqi. A self-designed questionnaire, a social anxiety scale for children and a self-esteem scale were used to investigate the general demographic data and the current status of social anxiety and self-esteem. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the risk factors for social anxiety in primary school students with myopia.
RESULTS:Of the 552 children, 173 (31.3%) were found to have social anxiety. The multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that a higher grade, female sex, autocratic family, high myopia, low self-esteem and wearing glasses for more than 2 years were risk factors for social anxiety (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS:There is a serious problem of social anxiety among the fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade primary school students with myopia in Urumqi. The development of social anxiety is associated with age, sex, degree of myopia, time of wearing glasses, parental education style and self-esteem level.
