Anonymous survey results of ophthalmology residents of Russian medical universities on the status of their visual analyzer

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BACKGROUND: A widespread visual impairment among medical students is known, but there are no data on the ophthalmic status of clinical residents.

AIM: To carry out an assessment of the visual analyzer status in Russian medical universities graduates who begin the clinical residency according to the specialty 31.08.59 Ophthalmology.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: An anonymous residents’ online survey was conducted in 15 universities from 14 cities using an original interactive questionnaire. Responses were received from 249 respondents (mostly females: n = 188, 75.5%; mean age 24.80 ± 0.06 years). To compare, we used previously published data on a survey of senior students from 5 Russian medical universities, including 549 respondents (425 females, 77.4%; mean age 22.4 ± 0.06 years).

RESULTS: In comparison to students, residents were significantly more likely to rate their vision as excellent (20.8% and 28.9%, respectively, p = 0.01), to report emmetropia (16.2% versus 26.9%, p < 0.001), to deny continuing vision deterioration (33.0% and 43.5%, p < 0.005), to rate higher the importance of good vision (9.25 ± 0.06 and 9.73 ± 0.05 conditional points, respectively, p < 0.01). Students significantly more often did not know the meaning of the “clinical refraction” term (2.6% and 0.4%, respectively, p = 0.04), more often reported vision problems interfering with their studies (26.2% and 15.7%, p = 0.01), and reported ongoing vision deterioration (57.9% versus 45.0%, p < 0.001). Otherwise, survey results were comparable.

CONCLUSIONS: Visual impairments are widespread among clinical residents-ophthalmologists of Russian medical universities, 58.2% of the responders had ametropia (including 56.1% of myopia), 28.5% had astigmatism, 3.6% had other ocular conditions. The majority of survey participants (59.8%) used or felt a need in optical correction, 19.7% rated their vision as “poor” or “very poor”, about a half (45.0%) believed their vision to worsen during recent years, and about as much (46.6%) reported that they experience limitations in everyday life related to decreased vision. Insufficient awareness of a part of the responders about their vision, and in some responders, a lack in basic ophthalmological knowledge were revealed.

About the authors

Svetlana R. Avkhadeeva

Bashkir State Medical University

Email: avhadeeva-s@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4652-7644
SPIN-code: 2177-1127

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Ufa

Veronika B. Antonyan

Voronezh State Medical University

Email: veronikaantonyan@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9414-1960
SPIN-code: 7064-8988

MD

Russian Federation, Voronezh

Aleksander E. Aprelev

Orenburg State Medical University

Email: aprelev@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6661-1099
SPIN-code: 5039-3650

Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Orenburg

Sergey Yu. Astakhov

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University

Email: astakhov73@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0777-4861
SPIN-code: 7732-1150

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Nataliya Yu. Beldovskaya

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University

Email: beldovskay@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9864-504X
SPIN-code: 8331-1449

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Evgeny V. Bobykin

Ural State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: oculist.ev@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5752-8883
SPIN-code: 2705-1425

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Tatyana V. Gavrilova

Academician E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University

Email: gavrilova.tv@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2071-9322
SPIN-code: 5947-8762

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor, Corresponding Member of RAS

Russian Federation, Perm

Elena A. Drozdova

South-Ural State Medical University

Email: dhelena2006@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1799-211X
SPIN-code: 4411-3592

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk

Aigul Sh. Zagidullina

Bashkir State Medical University

Email: aigul.zagidullina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4576-3709
SPIN-code: 3786-4715

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Ufa

Natalia G. Zumbulidze

North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov

Email: zumbulenok@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7729-097X
SPIN-code: 4439-8855

MD, Cand. Sci. (Mеdicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Saida B. Ismailova

Ural State Medical University

Email: saida.ismailova99@ya.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0008-7483-9761
SPIN-code: 6800-4352

MD

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Tatiana G. Kamenskikh

Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky

Email: kamtanvan@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8709-5599
SPIN-code: 5479-1727

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Saratov

Maria A. Kovalevskaya

Voronezh State Medical University

Email: ipkovalevskaya@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8000-5757
SPIN-code: 7085-6923

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Voronezh

Sergei A. Korotkikh

Ural State Medical University

Email: secretar@mcprof.ru
SPIN-code: 7326-7197

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Vadim Ya. Krokhalev

Ural State Medical University

Email: krokhalev_vya@usma.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1674-1957
SPIN-code: 1260-9768

Cand. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg

Oleg I. Lebedev

Omsk State Medical University

Email: leo.55@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8190-4121
SPIN-code: 4755-3694

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Omsk

Yana A. Martusevich

Siberian State Medical University

Email: mma1@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4826-4841
SPIN-code: 5667-4748

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Tomsk

Igor B. Medvedev

The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov

Email: glazmed@list.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9155-8736
SPIN-code: 5779-2406

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Moscow

Pavel A. Nechiporenko

Academician I.P. Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University

Email: paul_because@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1604-2569
SPIN-code: 5284-7182

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

Polina N. Pozdnyakova

Novosibirsk State Medical University

Email: polpozd@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-7934-0511
SPIN-code: 2031-9967
Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

Dmitry F. Pokrovskii

The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov

Email: dfpokrovskiy@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5475-0398
SPIN-code: 6487-5793

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Moscow

Mariia N. Ponomareva

Tyumen State Medical University

Email: mariyponomareva@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6522-3342
SPIN-code: 6631-8206

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Tyumen

Larisa I. Solovyeva

Academician E.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University

Email: larisasolovyeva@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0008-9702-2842

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Perm

Aleksandr V. Surov

Omsk State Medical University

Email: ophthalmology55@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9185-1529
SPIN-code: 9211-8362

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Omsk

Elena V. Tur

South-Ural State Medical University

Email: elenavtur@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6779-4608
SPIN-code: 1167-0970

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Chelyabinsk

Liliya A. Filina

Voronezh State Medical University

Email: fil-liliya@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7030-7823
SPIN-code: 4480-4221

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Voronezh

Anzhella Zh. Fursova

Novosibirsk State Medical University

Email: anzhellafursova@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6311-5452
SPIN-code: 2015-0905

MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor

Russian Federation, Novosibirsk

Svetlana V. Chistyakova

V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

Email: lioncat@bk.ru
SPIN-code: 4912-3372

MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)

Russian Federation, Simferopol

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