Table 4 Effect of no eyeglasses sales stratified by whether the local refractionist busy or not
From: Effect of no eyeglasses sales on the quality of eye care: an experimental evidence from China
| Â | Prescription Inaccuracy Rate | Subjective Refraction | Total Examination Time (min) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Local Refractionist not Busy | Local Refractionist Busy | Local Refractionist not Busy | Local Refractionist Busy | Local Refractionist not Busy | Local Refractionist Busy | |||||||
OR (95%CI) | P Value | OR (95%CI) | P Value | OR (95%CI) | P Value | OR (95%CI) | P Value | OR (95%CI) | P Value | OR (95%CI) | P Value | |
No sale Treatment (control group as reference) | 1.585 (0.533–4.717) | 0.408 | 1.363 (0.425–4.373) | 0.602 | 0.182 (0.011–2.909) | 0.228 | 0.224 (0.049–1.023) | 0.054 | -4.765 (-12.246–2.716) | 0.204 | -1.891 (-8.809–5.027) | 0.585 |
Characteristics of local refractionists | ||||||||||||
 Male | 3.788 (1.318–10.888)* | 0.013 | 0.765 (0.212–2.759) | 0.682 | 0.225 (0.032–1.566) | 0.132 | 1.034 (0.178–5.989) | 0.970 | 1.993 (-5.080–9.067) | 0.570 | -1.753 (-9.483–5.978) | 0.651 |
 Age (age < 30 as reference) | ||||||||||||
  30–39 | 1.027 (0.355–2.972) | 0.961 | 1.588 (0.376–6.700) | 0.529 | 0.542 (0.057–5.147) | 0.593 | 0.550 (0.081–3.749) | 0.542 | 3.366 (-3.627–10.360) | 0.334 | 2.054 (-6.489–10.598) | 0.631 |
  ≥ 40 | 0.963 (0.235–3.949) | 0.958 | 0.904 (0.169–4.847) | 0.907 | 0.520 (0.012–22.876) | 0.735 | 0.849 (0.096–7.494) | 0.883 | 1.932 (-7.271–11.135) | 0.672 | -0.136 (-9.268–8.996) | 0.976 |
Facility characteristics | ||||||||||||
 Public (vs private) | 3.282(0.901–11.953) | 0.071 | 1.277 (0.360–4.529) | 0.705 | 1.000 (1.000–1.000) | 0.999 | 1.708 (0.348–8.390) | 0.510 | 13.578 (0.390–26.765)* | 0.044 | 4.274 (-2.846–11.395) | 0.234 |
 Located in Xi’an (provincial capital) | 1.972(0.507–7.674) | 0.328 | 0.532 (0.086–3.291) | 0.497 | 10.160 (0.217–475.299) | 0.237 | 3.841 (0.227–53.242) | 0.316 | 0.911 (-7.297–9.118) | 0.823 | -2.040 (-13.014–8.934) | 0.710 |
SP characteristics | ||||||||||||
 Age (years) | 0.862 (0.656–1.132) | 0.286 | 1.046 (0.667–1.641) | 0.844 | 0.830 (0.454–1.518) | 0.545 | 1.035 (0.626–1.712) | 0.893 | 1.235 (-0.593–3.062) | 0.178 | 1.854 (-0.221–3.929) | 0.079 |
 Male | 3.193 (0.902–11.310) | 0.072 | 1.092 (0.193–6.183) | 0.921 | 1.615 (0.078–33.387) | 0.756 | 0.595 (0.063–5.605) | 0.650 | -0.176 (-8.361–8.010) | 0.965 | 1.434 (-8.508–11.376) | 0.773 |
 Spherical power, > -3.0 D as reference | ||||||||||||
  ≤ − 3.0 D and > − 6.0 D | 0.870 (0.258–2.941) | 0.823 | 2.251 (0.574–8.819) | 0.244 | 28.446 (0.527–1534.933) | 0.100 | 5.896 (0.962–36.150) | 0.055 | 3.201 (-4.940–11.342) | 0.429 | 3.854 (-4.108–11.816) | 0.336 |
  ≤ − 6.0 D | 5.082 (1.013–25.480)* | 0.048 | 2.564 (0.462–14.229) | 0.281 | 9.772 (0.108–885.947) | 0.322 | 1.000 (1.000–1.000) | 0.999 | -1.716 (-12.847–9.414) | 0.755 | 7.233 (-2.995–17.460) | 0.162 |