Knowledge, Attitude, and Health Believes of Glaucoma Patients in a Nigerian Hospital

Bodunde, OT; Daneil, O J; Onobolu, O O; Ajibode, HA; Awodein, O G; Jagun, Omodele O.; Fafiolu, Victoria O.

doi:10.4314/nmp.v50i3.28871

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“…Also some of the participants who were not in the core clinical section, such as the laboratory and physiotherapy sections, may have had very few lectures on glaucoma. Studies from West Africa on glaucoma awareness56 have reported a positive correlation between the level of education and the degree of awareness; however, this observation does not extent to the level of knowledge.…”

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“…Some studies56 have evaluated awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among Nigerians; however, to the best of our knowledge our survey is the first to be conducted among workers in a health institution. Agbeja-Baiyeroju et al .,13 assessment of chronic open-angle glaucoma among workers in a tertiary health institution in southwestern Nigeria presented additional information from an epidemiological review on prevalence and risk factor of glaucoma.…”

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“…The knowledge aspect deals with the level of understanding of the eye disease called glaucoma. Previous studies from Africa have reported low levels of awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among Nigerians45 and Ghanaians 6. Among Caucasians, the rates ranged between 22.9% and 93% for awareness of glaucoma with a low level of knowledge varying between 2.3% and 35% for knowledge 7–12.…”

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Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among workers in a nigerian tertiary health care institution

Komolafe

Omolase

Bekibele

et al. 2013

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

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Purpose:The aim of this study reports the level of awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among selected health care personnel at a health institution in southwestern Nigeria.Materials and Methods:Health personnel at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Nigeria, a tertiary health care institution were stratified into a clinical and an administrative directorate. One-hundred twenty participants were selected from each directorate by a random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data and data on the level of knowledge and awareness of glaucoma. Statistical analyses included the independent t-test and Pearson's chi-square test for categorical variables. Statistical significance was indicated by P < 0.05.Results:From the target population of 240 participants, 216 (98 males; 118 females) completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the participants was 35.07 ± 07 years. A total of 148 (68.6%) participants had heard of glaucoma comprising all participants from the clinical directorate and 28 participants from the administrative directorate. There was no statistically significant difference between the clinical and administrative directorates about the knowledge of the aspect of vision that is first affected by glaucoma, the painless nature of glaucoma among most Africans and the irreversible nature of glaucoma-related blindness (P > 0.05, all comparisons).Conclusion:There is the need to update the knowledge base of these workers if they are to be useful in propagating information of the irreversible blindness that could arise from delay in glaucoma diagnosis and treatment.

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Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among workers in a nigerian tertiary health care institution

Komolafe

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Bekibele

et al. 2013

Middle East Afr J Ophthalmol

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“…As in Ghana (12), there was no specific name for glaucoma in the communities we studied. Similarly, the knowledge of glaucoma was low, as documented in previous hospital-based (13–16) and population-based (17–20) studies. Even in some developed economies, knowledge of glaucoma varies (21, 22).…”

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So let me find my way, whatever it will cost me, rather than leaving myself in darkness: experiences of glaucoma in Nigeria

Kyari

Chandler

Martin³

et al. 2016

Global Health Action

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BackgroundBlindness from glaucoma is associated with socio-economic deprivation, presumed to reflect poor access to care and poor adherence to treatment.ObjectivesTo determine why people with glaucoma are presenting late for treatment and to understand access to glaucoma care. Additionally, we sought to identify what patients and the community know, do and think about the condition and why the poor are the most affected with glaucoma blindness.DesignStudy participants were from four communities and two hospitals in Abuja-FCT and Kaduna State, Nigeria. A total of 120 participants were involved, including 8 focus group discussions, 7 in-depth interviews with blind/visually impaired glaucoma patients, 5 rapid direct observation visits with these patients and 13 exit interviews of glaucoma patients in the hospital. The data were analysed using content analysis, interpreting participant experiences in terms of three key steps conceptualised as important in the care pathway: what it takes to know glaucoma, to reach a diagnosis and to access continued care.ResultsThis article presents multiple narratives of accessing and maintaining glaucoma care and how people manage and cope with the disease. People may be presenting late due to structural barriers, which include lack of knowledge and awareness about glaucoma and not finding an appropriately equipped health care facility. What keeps glaucoma patients within the care pathway are a good hospital experience; a support structure involving family, counselling and shared patients’ experiences; and an informed choice of treatment, as well as agency. The high cost of purchasing care is a major factor for patients dropping out of treatment.ConclusionThe findings suggest the need to address economic and social structural drivers as glaucoma presents another case study to demonstrate that poverty is a strong driver for blindness. There is also a need for clear glaucoma care pathways with early case finding in the community, two-way referral/feedback systems, well-equipped glaucoma care hospitals and better eye health care financing.

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“…The risk of blindness from glaucoma is influenced by the age of onset of glaucoma and the natural history [7] as well as the quality of care provided [8] and adherence to treatment and follow-up [9,10]. In Africa, there are the additional factors of poor awareness [11][12][13] poor access to care, and less than optimal diagnosis and management [14]. Furthermore, socioeconomic deprivation exacerbates the situation, leading to very late presentation [15][16].…”

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The Port Harcourt Hospital Glaucoma Study

Awoyesuku

Adio

Chinawa

2017

BJMMR

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Aim: To study the prevalence and risk factors of glaucoma in a health setting. Methods: The study was descriptive cross sectional study in which all the staff of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital were recruited through proper mobilization during world glaucoma week. Subjects' intraocular pressures were assessed with Perkins applanation tonometer. Fundoscopy was done by direct ophthalmoscopy using Welch Allynes ophthalmoscope. The criteria for a case were subjects who had a typical glaucomatous cupping appearance of the optic nerve head with cup/disc (c/d) ratio >0.7 in one or both eyes with direct ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp biomicroscopy with +78D volk lens such as optic disc notching, violation of the ISNT rule with or without raised intraocular pressures, suspects were patients with c/d ratio of between 0.5-0.7 in one or both eyes or a difference of 0.2 or more between c/d and no demonstrable optic disc notching or violation of ISNT rule on slit lamp biomicroscopy with +78D volk lens and normal subjects had c/d 0.4 or less. Results: A total of 2047 subjects were seen. This represented 81.88% of the staff strength of 2500. Among the subjects 171(8.4%) had glaucoma, 387(18.97%) were suspects while Original Research Article

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Health Believes of Glaucoma Patients in a Nigerian Hospital

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Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among workers in a nigerian tertiary health care institution

Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among workers in a nigerian tertiary health care institution

So let me find my way, whatever it will cost me, rather than leaving myself in darkness: experiences of glaucoma in Nigeria

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