Assessment of knowledge regarding cataract among Saudi adult population in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia

Magliyah, Moustafa; Nageeb, Mohammed R; Abdulmannan, Dina M; Badr, Hattan; Hemmeish, Mohammed M; Alotaibi, Waleed T; Azhari, Emad F

doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.02022015121

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“…This might be due to the difference in study subjects; in the present study, 25.5% of participants were older than 40 years compared to 15.7% in the latter study. Hence, the age-related nature of the disease might contribute to a better knowledge of aged participants which was supported by different studies [22,27,28].…”

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“…A structured questionnaire adapted from previous studies was used [22,23,27]. In order to ensure the quality of data, the questionnaire was translated from English to Amharic (local language) and then back to English by language expertise for consistency.…”

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“…in Iran [21][22][23][24][25]. In the African context, a community-based cross-sectional study conducted in Nigeria and Ghana reported that only 28.90% and 30.0% of the study population respectively had good knowledge about cataract [12,15].…”

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“…With respect to factors, a higher level of education was positively associated with good knowledge about cataract [13,18,21,22,26]. Those with a tertiary level of education were 4 times likely to know about cataract compared to those without any form of formal education [13].…”

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“…Different studies conducted in different regions of the world showed that history of the previous eye examination [26], previous diagnosis of cataract [22], history of cataract surgery [13] and family history of eye disease [17] was positively associated with good knowledge about cataract.…”

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Knowledge and Associated Factors About Cataract Among Adults in Northeast Ethiopia

Mohammed

Alemu²,

Admassu

2019

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Background: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness globally and accounts for half of the total blindness in Ethiopia. Despite it is treatable, the lack of knowledge about cataract and its treatment is still a major barrier in the developing countries. Knowledge about the disease and its treatment play a key role for the people with cataract to get timely eye care. Objective: To assess knowledge and associated factors about cataract among adults in Kombolcha, Northeast Ethiopia Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was implemented. Stratified multistage sampling technique was used to select a total of 847 study participants aged 18 years or older. A face to face interview was applied using a pretested structured questionnaire in Amharic language. The collected data was entered into Epidemiological information version 7 and exported to statistical package for social sciences version 20 for analysis. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression with odds ratio were used. Variables with a p-value of less than 0.05 in multivariable logistic regression were considered as statistically significant predictors for knowledge about cataract. Results: A total of 771 participants completed the study with a response rate of 91%. Of the total, 86.0% were from urban kebeles and 50.8% were female. The median age of the participants was 30 years. About 75.6% (583) individuals were familiar with the term cataract. Overall 537 )69.6%) [95% CI: 66.3-72.9] had good knowledge of cataract. Higher educational status [AOR: 6.041; 95% CI: 3.106-11.746], being married [AOR: 1.787; 95% CI: 1.174-2.721], having history of a previous eye examination [AOR: 1.619; 95% CI: 1.053-2.488] and positive history of cataract [AOR: 10.443; 95% CI: 2.078-52.493] were significantly associated with good knowledge about cataract. Conclusions: Overall about two-third of participants had good knowledge about cataract. Higher educational status, being married, having a previous eye examination and a positive history of cataract had a significantly positive association with good knowledge about cataract. As cataract is a leading blinding disease, maximizing the existing knowledge by giving special attention to those not having formal education is essential.

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Knowledge and Associated Factors About Cataract Among Adults in Northeast Ethiopia

Mohammed

Alemu²,

Admassu

2019

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Public awareness about glaucoma, cataract, and diabetic retinopathy in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Time to recovery from cataract and its predictors among eye cataract patients treated with cataract surgery: A retrospective cohort study in Ethiopia

Beyene¹,

Eshetie

Tadesse

et al. 2021

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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Background Cataracts is the major global causes of blindness and a vision-affecting disease of the eye. Cataract surgery is a curative and cost-effective intervention. The number of people who undergo cataract surgery has increased rapidly. Hence, this study was aimed to determine predictors and the time of recovery of cataract patients after cataract surgery by using Simi parametric models of survival analysis. Methods A retrospective cohort study was conducted from January/01/2015 and January/30/2019. STATA version14.0 statistical software was used for analysis. The Kaplan-Meier survival method and log-rank test curves were applied. Weibull regression was used and adjusted hazard ratio 95% CI with a value of p less than 0.05 was used to identify a significant association. Results Two hundred twenty three cataract patients were recovered from cataract, 72.6% (95% CI 69.8%–75.9%). The overall median survival time was 23 weeks (IQR = 16 to 35) with (95% CI, 21%–25%). aged between 16 and 30year (AHR = 1.20 CI; 1.07–2.36), age 31 to 45 (AHR = 1.24 CI; 1.08–1.54), urban dwellers (AHR = 1.59; 95% CI, 1.18–2.14), medium visual acuity (AHR = 4.14 CI; 2.57–6.67), high visual acuity (AHR = 5.23 CI; 3.06–8.93), Secondary cataract (AHR = 2.59 CI; 1.01–3.02), traumatic cataract (AHR = 1.75 CI; 1.01–3.02), extra capsular cataract extraction surgery (AHR = 1.43 CI; 1.07–1.94),and diabetes mellitus (AHR = 0.75, CI; 0.41–0.96) were notably associated with time to recovery. Conclusion Time to recovery in the study area was slightly higher as compared with the global cut of time. Cataract patients with comorbidity of DM had lower recovery time.

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Assessment of knowledge regarding cataract among Saudi adult population in Makkah city, Saudi Arabia

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Knowledge and Associated Factors About Cataract Among Adults in Northeast Ethiopia

Knowledge and Associated Factors About Cataract Among Adults in Northeast Ethiopia

Public awareness about glaucoma, cataract, and diabetic retinopathy in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Time to recovery from cataract and its predictors among eye cataract patients treated with cataract surgery: A retrospective cohort study in Ethiopia

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