Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for control and intervention groups
| |
Control |
Intervention |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male |
58 |
54.7 |
47 |
46.1 |
| Female |
48 |
45.3 |
55 |
53.9 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| White British |
104 |
98.1 |
102 |
100 |
| Other |
2 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
| Housing tenure | ||||
| Home owner |
92 |
86.8 |
82 |
80.4 |
| Renter (council) |
6 |
5.7 |
11 |
10.8 |
| Renter (private) |
5 |
4.7 |
4 |
3.9 |
| Other |
3 |
2.8 |
5 |
4.9 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/partner |
75 |
70.8 |
73 |
71.6 |
| Divorced/separated |
5 |
4.7 |
7 |
6.9 |
| Widowed |
19 |
17.9 |
17 |
16.7 |
| Single |
7 |
6.6 |
5 |
4.9 |
| Highest qualification | ||||
| GCSE (high school) |
44 |
41.5 |
45 |
44.1 |
| A-levels (college) |
4 |
3.8 |
5 |
4.9 |
| Degree (graduate school) |
11 |
10.4 |
8 |
7.8 |
| Post-graduate |
8 |
7.5 |
2 |
2 |
| Other (inc. less than GCSE) |
37 |
34.9 |
42 |
41.2 |
| Parents with glaucoma | ||||
| No |
79 |
74.5 |
70 |
68.6 |
| Yes |
22 |
20.08 |
24 |
23.5 |
| Not known/no contact |
5 |
4.7 |
8 |
7.8 |
| Siblings with glaucoma | ||||
| No |
93 |
87.7 |
85 |
83.3 |
| Yes |
8 |
7.5 |
9 |
8.8 |
| Not known/no contact |
5 |
4.7 |
8 |
7.8 |
| Children with glaucoma | ||||
| No |
102 |
96.2 |
95 |
93.1 |
| Yes |
2 |
1.9 |
0 |
0 |
| Not known/no contact |
2 |
1.9 |
7 |
6.9 |
| Diagnosis and new/follow-up care | ||||
| POAG/NTG new patient |
33 |
31.1 |
32 |
31.4 |
| POAG/NTG follow-up patient |
40 |
37.7 |
37 |
36.3 |
| GS/OH new patient |
16 |
15.1 |
15 |
14.7 |
| GS/OH follow-up patient |
17 |
16.0 |
18 |
17.6 |
| |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
| Age |
70.06 |
10.9 |
70.7 |
11.3 |
| Intraocular pressure |
23.4 |
10.9 |
22.2 |
5.4 |
| Charlson score |
1.6 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
2.1 |
| Number of medications |
2.8 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.8 |
| IMD | 12.7 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 11.2 |