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. 2011 Jan 21;11:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-2

Table 8.

Questionnaire on Awareness of Cataract and Glaucoma

Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology
Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study
Questionnaire: Awareness of Cataract and Glaucoma
Date of Interview
Please write the English Date (dd/mm/yr):
Name of Interviewer: Code Ward:
House No. S N How many years have you been living here? * Do you have people aged 40 or more in your family? (If the answer is yes in the last 2 questions then take the interview of the people aged 40 or more in that family) Sex Caste Education Have you had your eyes examined by a doctor? If yes, where? Do you know about these eye diseases? If yes, what do you know about them? What is your source of information?



M = 1
F = 2
Brahmin/Chhetri = 1
Newar = 2
Tamang = 3
Muslim = 4
Dalit = 5
Others (specify)= 6
Age Illiterate = 0
< 6 grade = 1
6-10 = 2
> 10 = 3
Others = 4
Tilganga Hospital = 1
Community Eye Centre Bhaktapur = 2
Other Hospital = 3
Private Clinic/Nursing home = 4
Heath camps = 5
Others (specify) = 6
Yes = 1
No = 0
Blurred Vision = 1
Blindness = 2
Pearl like opacity = 3
Rainbow haloes = 4
Raised eye pressure = 5
Unmatched answers = 6
Family members = 1
Hospital = 2
Doctor = 3
Friends/neighbors = 4
Radio/TV/Newspapers = 5
Others(specify) = 6
Don't know = 9



< 1 year = 0
> 1 year = 1
Yes = 1
No = 0
Write the name serially. Yes = 1
No = 0
Glaucoma Cataract Glaucoma Cataract

* If the time of stay is less than 1 year/there is no one in the family of 40 or above age - do not interview.