EssilorLuxottica and WCO Partner to Establish a Global Standard of Care for Presbyopia and the Aging Eye
EssilorLuxottica and WCO Partner to Establish a Global Standard of Care for Presbyopia and the Aging Eye
Charenton-le-Pont, France (March 21, 2024) – On the occasion of World Optometry Week 2024, EssilorLuxottica and the World Council of Optometry (WCO) announced a global partnership to raise the awareness and understanding of presbyopia and the aging eye, with the aim to establish standards of care for eye care professionals to follow when managing the condition. This initiative will also help eye care professionals with the latest evidence-based scientific approaches, tools and resources focused on the three pillars of mitigation, measurement, and management of presbyopia.
法國查倫頓勒邦（2024年3月21日）——在2024年世界驗光周之際，EssilorLuxottica和世界驗光理事會（WCO）宣佈建立全球合作伙伴關係，以提高人們對老花眼和眼睛衰老的認識和理解，目的是爲眼科護理專業人員制定治療疾病時要遵循的護理標準。該計劃還將幫助眼科護理專業人員提供最新的循證科學方法、工具和資源，這些方法和資源側重於緩解、測量和管理老花眼的三大支柱。
Presbyopia is a naturally occurring condition that people typically begin to develop when they reach 40-45 years of age. Currently, there are an estimated 2.1 billion people worldwide with presbyopia1. As the world's population is aging, it is estimated that by 2050, more than 4 billion people in the world will have presbyopia (approximately 40% of the world's population)2. With the extension of life expectancy, the majority of individuals will experience an intervention for the vision changes due to presbyopia for about half of their lifespan. Consequently, the different vision care solutions allow them to engage more in visually demanding near activities at older ages compared to previous generations. The demand on our eyes has significantly increased over the past three decades, notably due to the widespread use of digital devices. These changes highlight the importance of effectively evaluating, measuring and managing presbyopia among patients, particularly as it will likely have an impact on their daily activities and quality of life.
老花眼是一種自然發生的疾病，人們通常在40-45歲時開始發病。目前，全球估計有21億人患有老花眼1。隨着世界人口的老齡化，據估計，到2050年，世界上將有超過40億人患有老花眼（約佔世界人口的40％）2。隨着預期壽命的延長，大多數人將在大約一半的壽命中接受老花眼引起的視力變化的干預。因此，與前幾代人相比，不同的視力保健解決方案使他們在年齡較大時能夠更多地參與具有視覺要求的近距離活動。在過去的三十年中，對我們眼睛的需求顯著增加，這主要是由於數字設備的廣泛使用。這些變化凸顯了有效評估、測量和管理患者老花眼的重要性，尤其是因爲老花眼可能會影響他們的日常活動和生活質量。
Aside from raising global awareness, the program will also feature insights from several international experts in the field, to build the standard of care resolution and bring the latest research and evidence in easily accessible educational materials available to all individuals interested in learning more about presbyopia. To ensure accessibility, assets will be published on both the WCO microsite and EssilorLuxottica's learning platform, Leonardo. Further updates on the available content and resources will be announced in the coming months.
除了提高全球知名度外，該項目還將彙集該領域幾位國際專家的見解，以建立護理解決方案標準，並將最新的研究和證據納入易於獲取的教育材料中，供所有有興趣進一步了解老花眼的人士使用。爲了確保可訪問性，資產將在WCO微型網站和EssilorLuxottica的學習平台萊昂納多上發佈。有關可用內容和資源的進一步更新將在未來幾個月內公佈。
WCO President Dr. Sandra Block said, "We are excited to partner with EssilorLuxottica to bring the importance of addressing our patients' needs to see well up close. There are many new options to address presbyopia, and we agree that it is important to bring the information to the eye care practitioner so they can provide the best care for the patients. Along with helping to ensure evidence-based techniques are used, the partnership will highlight the eye health changes that are on-going as the patients grow older".
世界海關組織主席桑德拉·布洛克博士說：”我們很高興能與EssilorLuxottica合作，強調滿足患者近距離觀察的需求的重要性。有許多解決老花眼的新選擇，我們同意，將信息提供給眼科護理從業人員很重要，這樣他們才能爲患者提供最好的護理。除了幫助確保使用循證技術外，該合作伙伴關係還將重點介紹隨着患者年齡增長而正在發生的眼睛健康變化”。
"We are thrilled to partner with the World Council of Optometry, an organization that shares our vision to contribute to better eye health and vision care for people everywhere. Through this important program, I am certain that we will raise the global conversation around presbyopia and together make an even greater impact by providing a standard of care to manage the condition, but also providing the resources and support needed to help eye care professionals improve patient outcomes", said Olga Prenat, Head of Medical and Professional Affairs at EssilorLuxottica.
“我們很高興與世界驗光理事會合作，該組織與我們有着共同的願景，即爲改善世界各地人們的眼部健康和視力保健做出貢獻。通過這個重要的項目，我確信我們將加強圍繞老花眼的全球對話，通過提供管理老花眼的標準護理，同時提供幫助眼科護理專業人員改善患者預後所需的資源和支持，共同產生更大的影響。”，EssilorLuxottica醫療和專業事務主管奧爾加·普雷納特說。
As part of its long-standing efforts to advance knowledge and education on vision care globally, EssilorLuxottica has been partnering with WCO since 2015 at their first World Congress of Optometry, and from then on, actively participating in all their congresses, and supporting other WCO global awareness initiatives such as the Global State of Optometry Survey. The survey will include information on scope of practice, competency levels, demographics, optometric education requirements, and regulatory information.
作爲其在全球範圍內推進視力保健知識和教育的長期努力的一部分，EssilorLuxottica自2015年以來一直與WCO合作，參加其首屆世界驗光大會，從那時起，積極參與其所有大會，並支持WCO的其他全球宣傳活動，例如全球驗光狀況調查。該調查將包括有關執業範圍、能力水平、人口統計、驗光教育要求和監管信息的信息。
1. Eliminating poor vision in a generation Essilor SAS 2019 Market Scope, Global Presbyopia-Correcting Surgery Market Report, April 2012
1。在一代人中消除視力不佳Essilor SAS 2019年市場範圍，《全球老花眼矯正手術市場報告》，2012年4月
2. Global population of 7.6 billion people in 2020 and 10 billion people in 2050 Source: United Nations, internal analysis
2。2020年全球人口爲76億，2050年爲100億人口來源：聯合國，內部分析
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