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. 2017 Mar 7;1(1):e000018. doi: 10.1136/bmjophth-2016-000018

Table 3.

Determinants of knowledge of glaucoma among the study participants

S. no Feature Poor (%) Good (%) p Value
1 Age 0.202
18–29 11 (29.7) 26 (70.3) 37 (100)
30–39 9 (25.7) 26 (74.3) 35 (100)
40–49 28 (46.7) 32 (53.3) 60 (100)
50–59 29 (37.2) 50 (63.3) 79 (100)
60–69 26 (46.4) 29 (52.7) 55 (100)
>70 14 (51.9) 13 (48.1) 27 (100)
2 Sex 0.978
Male 66 (40) 99 (60) 165 (100)
Female 51 (39.8) 77 (60.2) 128 (100)
3 Marital status 0.110
Married 93 (42.3) 127 (57.7) 220 (100)
Single 15 (27.3) 40 (72.7) 55 (100)
Widowed 9 (52.9) 8 (47.1) 17 (100)
Divorced/separated 0 (0) 1 (100) 1 (100)
4 Occupation
Professional 7 (41.2) 10 (58.8) 17 (100) 0.008
Business/self-employed 28 (38.9) 44 (61.1) 72 (100)
Student 5 (18.5) 22 (81.5) 27 (100)
Civil servant 22 (33.8) 43 (66.2) 65 (100)
Pensioner 16 (38.1) 26 (61.9) 42 (100)
Unemployed 7 (36.8) 12 (63.2) 19 (100)
Farmer/labourer 32 (62.7) 19 (37.3) 51 (100)
5 Highest educational attainment p<0.001
None 11 (73.3) 4 (26.7) 15 (100)
Primary 31 (54.4) 26 (45.6) 57 (100)
Secondary 37 (45.7) 44 (54.3) 81 (100)
Tertiary 35 (26.9) 95 (73.1) 130 (100)
Higher (MSc, PhD, etc) 3 (30) 7 (70) 10 (100)
6 First eye check 0.606
No 73 (38.8) 115 (61.2) 188 (100)
Yes 44 (41.9) 61 (58.1) 105 (100)
7 Family history 0.566
Yes 100 (40.7) 146 (59.3) 246 (100)
No 17 (36.2) 30 (63.8) 47 (100)
8 Do you have glaucoma 0.796
No or don't know 106 (39.7) 161 (60.3) 267 (100)
Yes 11 (42.3) 15 (57.7) 26 (100)
9 Source of information about glaucoma 0.335
Mass media 70 (41.4) 99 (58.6) 169 (100)
Social media 1 (11.1) 8 (88.9) 9 (100)
Family and friends 17 (47.2) 19 (52.8) 36 (100)
Health workers 28 (36.4) 49 (63.6) 77 (100)
Books 1 (50) 1 (50) 2 (100)