D W Chambers, M Geissberger, C Leknius
Association amongst factors thought to be important by instructors in dental education and perceived effectiveness of these instructors by students
European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe
red eye common symptom patients visiting ophthalmology outpatient department opd however red eye due infection threatening visual loss study aimed explore knowledge attitude practice kap among general public regarding red eye attending tertiary care hospital tamil nadu crosssectional study conducted approval institutional ethics review board among 500 patients 18 years attending general opd excluding ophthalmology tertiary hospital research institute tamil nadu january 2022 april 2022 informed consent semistructured questionnaire details kap red eye used analyzed descriptive statistics chisquare test using spss version 16 among 500 participants onethird 60 years 58females 156 awareness red eye 126 aware serious side effects 10 knew complication red eye visual loss follow left untreated among aware 63 reported infection common cause followed injury allergy source awareness past experience majority patients followed mass media doctors 124 positive attitude 142 good practice seeking medical attention harmful practices instilling breast milk instilling overcounter drops highly prevalent major determinants awareness younger age literacy health education given health personnel p 005 awareness red eye attitude practice among general population rural settings tamil nadu still poor need hour health education red eye management prevent morbidity loss vision community levels health care