Nirmala Nirmala|Dr Devaki Antharjanam|Dr Gopalakrishnan P|Dr Ms Harsha C.H|A Evangeline Mary|Swathy Londhe|Dr Raju Antony
Study on glaucoma awareness among the rural population of central Kerala
General Hospital Ernakulam|General Hospital Ernakulam|General Hospital Ernakulam|General Hospital Ernakulam|General Hospital Ernakulam
background glaucoma one among leading causes irreversible blindness india lack awareness lack knowledge disease important cause late presentation leads blindness aim find awareness knowledge glaucoma rural population literate state like kerala study design cross sectional study using pre tested semi structured questionnaire participants selected cluster sampling method materials methods questionnaire contained details demographic factors first part questions assess knowledge participants aware disease second part responses entered ms excel sheet data analysis done using software spss version 15 chisquare test done find percentage proportion results 4414 participants 2052 males 2362 females 8051823 people aware glaucoma awareness statistically significant terms age age group 4059 aware disease knowledge glaucoma significant statistically terms education p value 0003 terms gender p value 0847 major source information mass media 344 knew disease symptoms conclusion awareness glaucoma less compared literacy rate knowledge glaucoma good among aware disease mass media utilized impart knowledge disease health education classes conducted people motivated undergo screening procedures early detection possible