Research on Contact Lens Health Care Behavior and Related Factors of Students in a University in Macao — An Application of Health Belief Model

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the contact lens health care behavior and related factors of college students in Macao with Health Belief Model.　Methods: Self-structured questionnaire was developed based on literature review. Taking the college students in 2021-2022 of a university in Macao as the population, stratified random sampling method was used. 509 questionnaires were sent out, and 397 were received and the response rate was 78.0%.

Results: Contact lens health care behavior of participants was belonged to the above-average level, while contact lens knowledge score, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity and perceived effectiveness are related to the contact lens care behavior. When predicting "contact lens care behavior" from background variables, contact lens care health beliefs and contact lens health action clues, 13.2% of the total variation can be explained with the multiple regression. Under the interactive control of all predictive change, participants who studied in in college of science and engineering, the higher contact lens care knowledge score, the higher "Perceived effectiveness of contact lens health care behavior", the better correct contact lens care behavior to adopt.

Recommendation: More health promotion methods should be encouraged, and contact lens care health promotion should be included in the text book in the middle school and university education.