Knowledge of diabetes and glaucoma in a rural North Carolina community

Michielutte, Robert; Diseker, Robert A.; Stafford, Connie L.; Carr, Patricia

doi:10.1007/bf01338727

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“…10 14 Pronzato et al 14 also found that women and patients with a higher education level were more knowledgeable about their disease. Michielutte et al 12 found that females and people who reached higher levels of education had the highest levels of knowledge of glaucoma and diabetes. Researchers of the Lighthouse National Survey10 found that the youngest, wealthy, and more educated respondents were more likely to be informed about visual impairment.…”

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Knowledge, attitudes, and self care practices associated with age related eye disease in Australia

Livingston

McCarty

Taylor

1998

British Journal of Ophthalmology

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Aim-To determine the level of correct knowledge about common eye disease and attitudes towards blindness prevention and treatment, and how these factors influence self care practices in a population based sample. Methods-A cluster random sample of the Victorian population was interviewed. The study population comprised residents aged 40 years of age or older living in five randomly selected Melbourne metropolitan suburbs and four randomly selected rural areas of Victoria. Questions were asked to ascertain each person's knowledge of common age related eye diseasethat is, cataract, age related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma. A subsample of the population was also asked questions to determine their attitudes to blindness prevention and treatment. All respondents were asked the year of their last visit to an eye practitioner. Results-A total of 3184 (89%) eligible residents were assessed. Sex (females), age (younger people), higher levels of education (secondary, trade, or tertiary education), recent visit to an eye practitioner (within the past 2 years) and English spoken at home appeared to be significant predictors of knowledge of common age related eye conditions. Younger people believed blindness prevention and blindness treatment were the highest priorities compared with other diseases; people who spoke English at home and people with knowledge of common age related eye disease also considered blindness treatment to be the highest priority compared with other diseases. People with a previous diagnosis of age related eye disease, older people, females, people with correct knowledge of common eye diseases, and those who spoke English at home were significantly more likely to be under eye care. No interaction was found between knowledge and positive attitudes to self care practices. Conclusion-These data show that there is a large gap in the public's knowledge and understanding of eye disease that will need to be understood for eye health promotion activities. (Br J Ophthalmol 1998;82:780-785)

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Knowledge, attitudes, and self care practices associated with age related eye disease in Australia

Livingston

McCarty

Taylor

1998

British Journal of Ophthalmology

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“…Various population-based studies have shown that awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among both rural and urban populations is low in developed countries [8][9][10][11][12][13] and worse in developing countries. 8,[14][15][16][17][18] Unfortunately, in Ghana and many other parts of Africa, eye-care services are provided and managed mainly by a few trained eyecare professionals.…”

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Awareness, knowledge and self‐care practices toward glaucoma among final year health science university students in Ghana

Boadi-Kusi

Kyei

Mashige

et al. 2015

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

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Background In the absence of adequate services, patients have to rely on the few health professionals that they do come into contact with to advise them on their treatment options. The aim of this study was to determine the level of awareness and knowledge of glaucoma, and the association between these factors and self‐care practices among final year health science university students in Ghana. Method A cross‐sectional survey involving the use of a structured questionnaire was conducted among 273 final year students (67 per cent) studying at any one of eight health science programs in three selected public universities in Ghana. Results All 273 respondents were aware of glaucoma but only 37.7 per cent had knowledge of it. The majority (65.9 per cent) defined glaucoma as raised intraocular pressure, and confused glaucoma with ocular hypertension. Over half (56.8 per cent) had acquired their knowledge of glaucoma during the course of their training. The media also played a major role in glaucoma awareness; however, it played a limited role in impacting on the knowledge of glaucoma. Only 28.6 per cent of respondents had previously undergone glaucoma screening. Conclusion Although all respondents were aware of glaucoma, their level of knowledge of glaucoma was low. Self‐care practices were also generally poor among the respondents. This information may be useful for glaucoma health education in Ghana.

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“…Others have demonstrated that increasing patients' knowledge about their disease and "tailoring" the therapeutic regimen into the patients' daily life effectively increased correct usage of medication (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10) . It has been reported that glaucoma patients have little understanding of their disease and its treatment (2)(3)(4)(11)(12) , but there are few studies assessing this information directly. In a previous study, some of us reported that the Purpose: To evaluate the knowledge glaucoma patients have about their disease and its treatment.…”

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