Why put off seeking help?

Adopting a healthy lifestyle is the zeitgeist but it seems the British public are still putting off visits to health professionals, with trips to the optometrist faring particularly badly. In its survey of 2,000 British adults, Johnson & Johnson found that nearly a third (31%) had put off a visit to a health professional, procrastinating rather than acting to solve a problem.

As well as assessing attitudes towards health and eye care in general, Johnson & Johnson also looked at how presbyopes coped emotionally with reduced near vision. As well as discovering that presbyopes felt unsupported in their journey, the round table also unearthed some disturbing attitudes towards high street opticians from the patients taking part in the discussion.