Jamie L Romeiser, Nicole Jusko, Augusta A Williams
Emerging Trends in Information-Seeking Behavior for Alpha-Gal Syndrome: Infodemiology Study Using Time Series and Content Analysis
Journal of medical Internet research
background globally billions people vision impairment vi blindness least half vi could prevented yet addressed policies focused exclusively treating ailments need recognize need educate countrys population regarding diseases outcomes evident poor eye donation rates documented eye bank association india ebai national programme prevention blindness npcb also advocates need active campaigning promote eye donations improve corneal procurement rate increasing health awareness study aimed assess knowledge awareness perception regarding eye diseases eye donation among rural population telangana south india methods crosssectional study involving 150 participants randomly selected nontriaged attendants outpatient queue mahavir institute medical sciences mims included trained enumerators used verbally administered semistructured questionnaires awareness knowledge cataracts glaucoma diabetic retinopathy night blindness chisquare test applied determine statistical significance results obtained pretest posttest significance threshold pvalue set 005 results population studied belonged mean age 3498 years study included 72 48 male 78 52 female subjects majority 486 belonged age range 2130 years 85 subjects belonged middle lower middle class majority 747 hindus religion regarding cataracts 64 427 know 86 573 varied perceptions awareness regarding glaucoma least 887 common ocular diseases study showed significant association knowledge eye diseases literacy status plus populations socioeconomic status p005 significant association found exist willingness eye donation religion study population p005 conclusion study identifies awareness regarding various ocular diseases poor moreover participants alarmingly high misconception regarding different aspects eye donation increasing public awareness essential minimize eye diseases improve eye care encourage eye donations