[Table/Fig-3]:

Knowledge regarding choice of healthcare professional in the event of eye problem.

Healthcare professional	Yes	No
Ophthalmologist	286 (65.10)	153 (34.85)
Any specialist (Non-ophthalmologist)	189 (43.05)	250 (56.94)
Optometrist	147 (33.48)	292 (66.51)
General practitioner	138 (31.43)	301(68.56)
Between all professionals, Chi-square= 126.9823, p = 0.0001*
Between Ophthalmologist vs Non-ophthalmologist, Chi-square= 43.1561, p = 0.0001*
Between Ophthalmologist vs Optometrist, Chi-square= 82.7723, p = 0.0001*
Between Ophthalmologist vs General practitioner, Chi-square= 99.9077, p = 0.0001*
Between Non-ophthalmologist vs Optometrist, Chi-square= 8.5052 p = 0.0040*
Between Non-ophthalmologist vs General practitioner, Chi-square= 12.6755, p = 0.0001*
Between Optometrist vs General practitioner, Chi-square= 0.4213 p = 0.5172

*p<0.05