Table 2.
Determinants of awareness of glaucoma among the study participants
| S. no | Feature | Awareness of glaucoma | |||
| Aware N (%) |
Not aware N (%) |
Total N (%) |
p Value | ||
| 1 | Age | ||||
| 18–29 | 37 (67.3) | 18 (32.7) | 55 (100) | 0.314 | |
| 30–39 | 35 (58.3) | 25 (41.7) | 60 (100) | ||
| 40–49 | 60 (56.1) | 47 (43.9) | 107 (100) | ||
| 50–59 | 79 (66.4) | 40 (33.6) | 119 (100) | ||
| 60–69 | 55 (64.7) | 30 (35.3) | 85 (100) | ||
| >70 | 27 (51.9) | 25 (48.1) | 13 (100) | ||
| 2 | Sex | ||||
| Male | 165 (62.5) | 99 (37.5) | 264 (100) | 0.549 | |
| Female | 128 (59.8) | 86 (40.2) | 214 (100) | ||
| 3 | Marital status | ||||
| Married | 220 (60.4) | 144 (39.6) | 364 (100) | 0.786 | |
| Single | 55 (63.2) | 32 (36.8) | 87 (100) | ||
| Widowed | 17 (65.4) | 9 (34.6) | 26 (100) | ||
| Divorced/separated | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | ||
| 4 | Occupation | ||||
| Professional | 17 (65.4) | 9 (34.6) | 26 (100) | 0.360 | |
| Business/self-employed | 72 (58.1) | 52 (41.9) | 124 (100) | ||
| Student | 27 (61.4) | 17 (38.6) | 44 (100) | ||
| Civil servant | 65 (68.4) | 30 (31.6) | 95 (100) | ||
| Pensioner | 42 (68.9) | 19 (31.1) | 61 (100) | ||
| Unemployed | 19 (54.3) | 16 (45.7) | 35 (100) | ||
| Farmer/labourer | 51 (54.8) | 42 (45.2) | 93 (100) | ||
| 5 | Highest educational attainment | ||||
| None | 15 (34.9) | 28 (65.1) | 43 (100) | <0.001 | |
| Primary | 57 (51.4) | 54 (48.6) | 111 (100) | ||
| Secondary | 81 (62.8) | 48 (37.2) | 129 (100) | ||
| Tertiary | 130 (71.8) | 51 (28.2) | 181 (100) | ||
| Higher (MSc, PhD, etc) | 10 (71.4) | 4 (28.6) | 14 (100) | ||
| 6 | First eye check | ||||
| Yes | 105 (47.3) | 117 (52.7) | 222 (100) | <0.001 | |
| No | 188 (72.3) | 68 (26.6) | 256 (100) | ||
| 7 | Family history | <0.001 | |||
| Yes | 47 (100) | 0 (0) | 47 (100) | ||
| No/don't know | 185 (42.9) | 246 (57.1) | 431 (100) | ||