Glaucoma Awareness in a Hospital Presenting Population in Eastern Nepal

Gyawali, Rajendra; Sarkar, N.

doi:10.1097/ijg.0b013e31828700de

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“…From previous studies, educational status is the significant predictor for awareness of glaucoma. 7,10,14,17,20,21 This finding is also lower than the reports from Ghana (39.3%), 22 Nepal (60.6%), 14 Puducherry, India (45%), 1 Tehran, Iran (46.6%), 23 Birmingham, UK (67%) 24 and Philadelphia, USA (73%). 7 This might be due to differences in socio-demographic and socio-economic status, and participants from developed countries (UK, USA) will access or utilize eye care services easily and will be occupied by health insurance.…”

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“…It can also improve adherence and persistence to treatment and follow-up in patients. 13 Creating public awareness of glaucoma and its risk factors is essential to increase participation in screening programs and possible treatment, 14 thereby reducing its devastating consequences. Contrary to this, lack of awareness appeared to influence self-care practices negatively.…”

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<p>Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

Bizuneh¹,

Tsega²,

Addis³

et al. 2020

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults living in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 594 adults who were selected using systematic random sampling from April to May 2018. Data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and were analyzed by SPSS version 23. Binary and multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with awareness. Variables with P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The proportion of awareness of glaucoma was 24.4% [95% CI; 21.0, 28.

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<p>Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

Bizuneh¹,

Tsega²,

Addis³

et al. 2020

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“…The study in Gondar showed that only 32.7% of adults had no formal education where as in this study more than half (60.2%) of adults had no formal education. From previous studies educational status is the significant predictor for awareness of glaucoma (9,11,14,15,17,22). This finding is also lower than the reports from Ghana (39.3%) (18), Nepal (60.6%) (22), Puducherry, India (45%) (20), Tehran, Iran (46.6%)(23), Birmingham, UK (67%) (24) and Philadelphia, USA (73%) (11).…”

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Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors among Adults in Sekela District, Northwest Ethiopia

Bizuneh¹,

Tsega²,

Addis³

et al. 2018

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Background Awareness of glaucoma is directly affected by good eye screening practice which in turn helps for reduction of the blindness burden of glaucoma. However, it is unknown in the study area, making provision of interventions difficult. This study was intended to assess awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults in Sekela district, Northwest Ethiopia. Methods A population based cross - sectional survey was conducted on 602 adults who were selected by using systematic random sampling from April to May, 2018. Data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and was analyzed by statistical package for social sciences version 23. The adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was calculated to find out the strength of association. P–value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results A total of 594 adults were participated with a response rate of 98.7%. Nearly 52% of adults were females with median age of 28 years. The proportion of awareness of glaucoma was 24.4% [95% CI; 21.0, 28.1]. It was positively associated with educational status: primary education [AOR: 3.15; 1.72, 5.77], secondary education [AOR; 3.11: 1.66, 5.84], college and above [AOR; 6.10; 2.80, 13.27], history of eye examination [AOR: 6.52; 3.46, 12.25], income level: > 2000 Ethiopian birr [ 4.65; 2.59, 8.37] and history of chronic diseases [AOR; 2.93: 1.25, 6.85]. Conclusion About one fourth of adults were aware of glaucoma and it was low. Higher educational status, eye examination, history of chronic diseases and better income level were significantly associated with awareness of glaucoma.

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“…22,24 Considering lack of awareness on glaucoma in the general population, health education strategies should be targeted at this population to educate people about preventing blindness caused by glaucoma along with other diseases. 25 Refractive error and presbyopia combined accounted for more than two-thirds of all ocular morbidities in the participants examined. This is in line with some of the studies in self-presenters in African nations 26,27 reporting the refractive error (mostly presbyopia) to be the single most important diagnosis in up to 70% of patients.…”

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Vision Impairment and Ocular Morbidity in a Refugee Population in Malawi

Kaphle

Gyawali

Kandel

et al. 2016

Optometry and Vision Science

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Glaucoma Awareness in a Hospital Presenting Population in Eastern Nepal

Abstract: Knowledge of glaucoma in this population is very low. No particular groups of people are aware of glaucoma in this part of the country. Health education should be broadly targeted at the population to educate people about the risk factors of glaucoma and thereby prevent needless blindness.

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<p>Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

<p>Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia</p>

Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors among Adults in Sekela District, Northwest Ethiopia

Vision Impairment and Ocular Morbidity in a Refugee Population in Malawi

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