Table 2.
Studies identified in the systemic review about barriers to accessing paediatric eye care services in African countries
| Study | Country | Study design | Study sample | Barriers identified |
| Agarwal et al., 201013 | Multi-country | Cross-sectional (prospective) |
27 health tertiary facilities |
Availability, accessibility and affordability |
| Alrasheed et al., 201814 | Sudan | Qualitative (Delphi) |
18 eye-care providers | Availability, accessibility and affordability |
| Sukati et al., 201815 | Swaziland | Mixed | 9 eye health facilities | Availability, accessibility and affordability |
| Ebeigbe 201820 | Nigeria | Qualitative (narrative) |
35 parents and 10 eye- care practitioners |
Parents behaviour |
| Alrasheed, et al. 201624 | Sudan | Quantitative and qualitative methods |
387 Pupils and 47 parents |
KAP of the students and their parents |
| Sukati, et al 20018 34 | Swaziland | Quantitative | 173 parents | KAP of parents |
| Ugalahi, et al 2020 35 | Nigeria | Quantitative | 164 children | affordability |
| Chan, et al 201736 | Tanzania | Quantitative-(Prospective) | 1051 participants | Parents behaviour |
| Sukati, et al 201939 | Swaziland | Quantitative | 15 public eye health professionals |
Availability and accessibility of child eye care services |
| Amiebenomo, et al 201640 |
Nigeria | Quantitative | 468 parents | KAP parents |
| Oguego, et al 201841 | Nigeria | Quantitative | 833 Students | Eye health misconceptions |
| Nyamai, et al 201642 | Kenya | Quantitative | 1390 students | KAP of students towards RE |
| Belaynew, et al 201443 | Ethiopia | Quantitative | 1315 households | KAP of community towards childhood blindness |
| Wanyama 201344 | Kenya | Descriptive | 125 pediatricians | KAP of child eye disease among pediatricians |
| Ayanniyi, et al 201045 | Nigeria | Quantitative | 1,393 guardians | Guardians' attitude towards eye health |
| Kumah, et al 201746 | Ghana | Hospital-based cross-sectional |
100 mothers | Knowledge of paediatric blindness among mothers |
| Alemayehu, et al 201847 | Ethiopia | Institution-based cross-sectional |
565 primary school teachers |
KAP and associated factors among teachers about RE |
| Ebeigbe, et al 201748 | Nigeria | Qualitative | 35 parents | Parents knowledge about their children's eye problems |
| Alrasheed et al 201851 | Sudan | School-based cross-sectional |
387 Students and 47 parents |
Attitudes and perceptions towards spectacle wear |
| Isawumi, et al 201453 | Nigeria | Descriptive cross- sectional |
405 respondents | Perceptions, towards treatment of childhood strabismus |
| Odedra, et al 200855 | Tanzania | Qualitative | 8 focus groups discussion |
Barriers to spectacle use |
| Mafwiri, et al 201456 | Tanzania | Comparison study | 45 Clinical Officers | Accessibility child eye health |
| Chan, et al 2020 57 | South Africa | Qualitative | 93 Children | Attitude and perceptions |
| Faderin and Ajaiyeoba 2001 58 |
Nigeria | Quantitative | 919 pupils | Barriers to acceptance of wearing glasses |
| Megbelayin 2013 59 | Nigeria | Quantitative | 1,241 pupils | Barriers to acceptance of prescribed spectacles |
| Kotb, et al 2010 60 | Egypt | Descriptive | 100 children | Attitudes and perception |
| Schulze et al 2014 61 | Malawi | Qualitative study | 58 parents | Barriers to acceptance of free pediatric cataract surgery |
| Shirima et al 2006 62 | Tanzania | Qualitative study | 117 parents | Barriers of pediatric cataract surgery among parents |
| Alrasheed 202063 | Sudan | Quantitative | 80 schoolteachers | Teachers' Perspectives about childhood eye care |