Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review
Introduction In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific people experience worse health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. No population-based eye health survey has been conducted, and eye health services do not generate routine monitoring reports, so the extent of eye health inequality is...
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| description | Introduction In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific people experience worse health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. No population-based eye health survey has been conducted, and eye health services do not generate routine monitoring reports, so the extent of eye health inequality is unknown. This information is required to plan equitable eye health services. Here we outline the protocol for a scoping review to report the nature and extent of the evidence reporting vision impairment, and the use of eye health services by ethnicity in New Zealand.Methods and analysis An information specialist will conduct searches on MEDLINE and Embase, with no limit on publication dates or language. We will search the grey literature via websites of relevant government and service provider agencies. Reference lists of included articles will be screened. Observational studies will be included if they report the prevalence of vision impairment, or any of the main causes (cataract, uncorrected refractive error, macular degeneration, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy) or report the use of eye health services in New Zealand among people of any age. Two authors will independently review titles, abstracts and full-text articles, and complete data extraction. Overall findings will be summarised using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis, with an emphasis on disaggregation by ethnicity where this information is available.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has not been sought as our review will only include published and publicly accessible data. We will publish the review in an open access peer-reviewed journal. We anticipate the findings will be useful to organisations and providers in New Zealand responsible to plan and deliver eye care services, as well as stakeholders in other countries with differential access to eye care.Registration details The protocol has been registered with Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/yw7xb). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a12fdca663ba4056a4ef8a88f4c8ab6d2025-08-20T02:18:11ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552021-09-0111910.1136/bmjopen-2020-048215Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping reviewMatire Harwood0Jacqueline Ramke1Joanna Black2Iris Gordon3Jaymie Tingkham Rogers4Ben Wilkinson5School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand4 International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UKSchool of Optometry & Vision Science, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandInternational Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine International Centre for Eye Health, London, UK1 School of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand3 Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandIntroduction In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori and Pacific people experience worse health outcomes compared with other New Zealanders. No population-based eye health survey has been conducted, and eye health services do not generate routine monitoring reports, so the extent of eye health inequality is unknown. This information is required to plan equitable eye health services. Here we outline the protocol for a scoping review to report the nature and extent of the evidence reporting vision impairment, and the use of eye health services by ethnicity in New Zealand.Methods and analysis An information specialist will conduct searches on MEDLINE and Embase, with no limit on publication dates or language. We will search the grey literature via websites of relevant government and service provider agencies. Reference lists of included articles will be screened. Observational studies will be included if they report the prevalence of vision impairment, or any of the main causes (cataract, uncorrected refractive error, macular degeneration, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy) or report the use of eye health services in New Zealand among people of any age. Two authors will independently review titles, abstracts and full-text articles, and complete data extraction. Overall findings will be summarised using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis, with an emphasis on disaggregation by ethnicity where this information is available.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has not been sought as our review will only include published and publicly accessible data. We will publish the review in an open access peer-reviewed journal. We anticipate the findings will be useful to organisations and providers in New Zealand responsible to plan and deliver eye care services, as well as stakeholders in other countries with differential access to eye care.Registration details The protocol has been registered with Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/yw7xb).https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e048215.full |
| spellingShingle | Matire Harwood Jacqueline Ramke Joanna Black Iris Gordon Jaymie Tingkham Rogers Ben Wilkinson Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review BMJ Open |
| title | Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_full | Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_fullStr | Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_short | Vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for a scoping review |
| title_sort | vision impairment and differential access to eye health services in aotearoa new zealand protocol for a scoping review |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/9/e048215.full |
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