Ronnie George|RameshVe Sathyamangalam|Pradeep G. Paul|Mani Baskaran|Hemamalini Arvind|Raj V Madan|J Augustian|Prema Raju|Lingam Vijaya
Determinants of glaucoma awareness and knowledge in urban Chennai
Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya
aim assess awareness knowledge levels glaucoma determinants urban population chennai south india materials methods chennai glaucoma study cgs population based prevalence study estimate prevalence glaucoma rural urban south indian population total 3850 subjects aged 40 years participated urban arm cgs systematic random sample 1926 500 subjects completed questionnaire assesses awareness knowledge level glaucoma respondents heard glaucoma even contactedrecruited study defined aware respondents understanding eye disease defined knowledgeable results overall 135 aware glaucoma agegender adjusted rate awareness 133 95 ci 1157 1503 two clinicians graded knowledge glaucoma based subjects knowledge risk factors definitions treatment aspects glaucoma overall 87 knowledge glaucoma among knowledge 05 good knowledge glaucoma 4 fair knowledge 42 poor knowledge observed good agreement clinicians grading knowledge k 092 determinants glaucoma awareness knowledge higher levels education females age religion family history glaucoma conclusion awareness knowledge glaucoma low among urban population chennai found younger subjects men less aware glaucoma subjects lower levels education less aware knew less glaucoma counterparts study findings stress need health education effective prevention blindness due glaucoma