Unmet Needs, Barriers and Facilitators to Vision Services for Children and Adolescents With Special Vision (SN(vision))

November 17, 2025 updated by: National Taiwan University Hospital

Unmet Needs, Barriers and Facilitators to Vision Services for Children and Adolescents With Special Vision Care Needs: A Mixed-Model Design Study

Children and adolescents with special needs, compared to those with general development, have a much higher incidence of visual impairments (10.5% vs. 0.16%). This project will focus on "children and adolescents with special visual care needs", comprehensively exploring their unmet needs in ophthalmology and visual care, as well as the obstacles and facilitators they may encounter in the process of seeking ophthalmic services.

The purposes of this study will investigate the current needs of children and adolescents with special visual care needs in ophthalmology and visual medical services, and the obstacles and potential facilitators encountered by children and adolescents with special visual care needs in the process of obtaining ophthalmology and visual medical services.

Study Overview

Status

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions

Vision Disorders

Intervention / Treatment

Other: observational study, no intervention

Detailed Description

The research will center on children and adolescents with special visual needs and explore the research questions from various stakeholders' perspectives, including parents, special education teachers and experts, healthcare professionals, workers from related NGOs and government units. A mixed-methods research approach will be used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data. After data analysis, a comparison and interpretation between the two results will be conducted to obtain the final research outcomes.

Quantitative research: Two-part questionnaire. The first part collects background information, and the second part is a "Needs and Difficulties Survey", framed by Levesque et al.'s conceptual framework of access to healthcare.
Qualitative research: The first part consists of semi-structured in-depth interviews, and the second part uses the focus group method. Both parts will use a common interview guideline and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Child & Youth Version (ICF-CY) as the theoretical framework.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

330

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

Taiwan
- - Taipei, Taiwan
    - Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, Nation

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

Adult
Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Parents, educators, and profession with experience in children and adolescents with special needs in vision

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Able to read, understand, and fill out questionnaires in Chinese
Able to conduct interviews in Chinese

Exclusion Criteria:

The special needs children or adolescents they have taught do not have specific visual needs, hence they cannot provide relevant information.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
qualitative data analysis Time Frame: 3 weeks	3 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

July 21, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

December 20, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 20, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 19, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 19, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

June 27, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 20, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2025

Last Verified

September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

202305123RIND

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

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