Table 3.

Public awareness of selected eye diseases by sociodemographic factors (n = 1076).

	Public Awareness of Selected Eye Diseases
	Cataract		Glaucoma		AMD		Diabetic Retinopathy		Dry Eye Syndrome
Variable	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p
Gender
male	77.7	<0.001	74.6	<0.001	23.1	<0.001	9.1	<0.001	35.5	<0.001
female	88.5		85.8		40.1		22.5		62.3
Age group (years)
18–34	74.5	<0.001	71.8	<0.001	22.8	<0.001	12.2	0.03	42.7	0.01
35–49	86.0		82.8		29.7		15.4		50.5
50–64	88.9		87.6		40.6		20.8		56.4
65+	88.3		82.7		41.4		18.5		52.5
Educational level
higher	86.5	0.03	84.0	0.02	37.9	0.001	19.4	0.02	55.1	0.01
less than higher	81.5		78.4		28.4		14.2		46.4
Married
yes	87.2	<0.001	84.1	0.003	30.7	0.2	16.0	0.8	49.9	0.9
no	79.6		76.9		34.2		16.7		50.1
Place of residence
rural area	81.1	0.6	78.9	0.6	28.8	0.1	13.2	0.1	45.7	0.02
city < 20,000 inhabitants	84.6		80.9		32.4		16.2		43.4
city ≥ 20,000 and <100,000 inhabitants	85.4		82.5		30.2		19.8		56.1
city ≥ 100,000 and <500,000 inhabitants	85.3		79.6		37.7		16.2		51.3
city ≥ 500,000 inhabitants	84.3		84.3		38.8		20.9		58.2
Having children
yes	88.4	<0.001	84.2	<0.001	34.6	0.04	18.5	0.01	52.5	0.03
no	75.0		74.5		28.4		12.6		45.6
Occupational activity
active	82.4	0.2	79.2	0.1	29.6	0.02	13.9	0.01	47.9	0.1
passive	85.3		83.0		36.6		20.1		53.2
Economic status
good	85.0	0.6	83.6	0.1	31.2	0.5	16.9	0.6	51.7	0.7
moderate	82.4		79.4		34.6		15.0		49.0
bad	83.1		78.0		30.7		17.7		48.8
Presence of chronic diseases
yes	90.0	<0.001	87.2	<0.001	39.5	<0.001	24.9	<0.001	58.8	<0.001
no	78.4		75.4		26.6		9.5		43.0
Wearing spectacles or contact lenses
yes	87.0	<0.001	83.7	0.01	39.1	<0.001	19.5	0.002	56.7	<0.001
no	79.3		77.0		24.1		12.4		41.7
	Diabetic Macular Edema/ Diabetic Maculopathy (DME)		Retinal Detachment		Conjunctivitis		Barley on the Eye (Hordeolum)		Chalazion
Variable	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p	%	p
Gender
male	7.7	0.4	33.1	<0.001	66.3	<0.001	64.7	<0.001	15.6	<0.001
female	9.3		45.8		81.0		81.5		31.2
Age group (years)
18–34	10.7	0.4	33.5	0.03	68.0	0.004	62.9	<0.001	20.5	0.1
35–49	6.8		44.1		74.9		76.3		22.9
50–64	8.1		42.6		80.5		81.2		28.2
65+	8.0		41.4		74.7		78.4		25.9
Educational level
higher	9.0	0.6	46.0	<0.001	78.6	0.01	78.3	0.01	28.7	0.003
less than higher	8.2		35.7		71.2		70.6		20.9
Married
yes	6.6	0.02	39.2	0.6	77.0	0.03	78.4	<0.001	25.0	0.5
no	10.7		40.8		71.3		68.7		23.1
Place of residence
rural area	6.5	0.2	36.0	0.1	71.7	0.2	70.5	0.3	17.9	0.004
city < 20,000 inhabitants	9.6		44.9		75.7		73.5		25.7
city ≥ 20,000 and <100,000 inhabitants	11.8		39.2		72.2		75.5		29.2
city ≥ 100,000 and <500,000 inhabitants	7.3		40.8		75.9		74.9		25.7
city ≥ 500,000 inhabitants	10.4		47.0		81.3		79.9		30.6
Having children
yes	8.4	0.9	43.5	0.002	77.5	0.001	79.2	<0.001	26.0	0.04
no	8.8		33.8		68.6		64.2		20.6
Occupational activity
active	8.3	0.7	39.7	0.8	73.3	0.9	72.7	0.3	24.3	0.8
passive	9.0		40.4		74.2		75.4		23.6
Economic status
good	9.4	0.7	38.6	0.5	77.1	0.3	75.6	0.4	24.6	0.8
moderate	8.3		39.5		72.3		73.8		24.5
bad	7.5		42.9		72.8		70.9		22.4
Presence of chronic diseases
yes	10.7	0.03	45.0	0.003	79.3	<0.001	81.4	<0.001	28.9	<0.001
no	6.9		36.0		70.2		67.7		20.2
Wearing spectacles or contact lenses
yes	9.4	0.3	42.4	0.07	77.8	0.003	76.9	0.01	27.1	0.01
no	7.5		36.9		69.9		69.9		20.3

All statistically significant variables are bolded.