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Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults living in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 594 adults who were selected using systematic random sampling from April...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32184695 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S235538 |
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author | Bizuneh, Zewdu Yenegeta Tsega, Ayanaw Addis, Yezinash Admassu, Fisseha |
author_facet | Bizuneh, Zewdu Yenegeta Tsega, Ayanaw Addis, Yezinash Admassu, Fisseha |
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description | PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults living in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 594 adults who were selected using systematic random sampling from April to May 2018. Data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and were analyzed by SPSS version 23. Binary and multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with awareness. Variables with P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The proportion of awareness of glaucoma was 24.4% [95% CI; 21.0, 28.1]. It was positively associated with educational status, primary education [AOR: 3.15; 1.72, 5.77], secondary education [AOR; 3.11: 1.66, 5.84], college and above [AOR; 6.10; 2.80, 13.27], history of eye examination [AOR: 6.52; 3.46, 12.25], income level >2000 Ethiopian birr [4.65; 2.59, 8.37] and history of chronic diseases [AOR; 2.93: 1.25, 6.85]. CONCLUSION: The status of glaucoma awareness in Gish Abay town can be said to be low as compared to studies. Higher educational status, eye examination, history of chronic diseases and better income level were significantly associated with awareness of glaucoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-70623892020-03-17 Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia Bizuneh, Zewdu Yenegeta Tsega, Ayanaw Addis, Yezinash Admassu, Fisseha Clin Optom (Auckl) Original Research PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults living in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 594 adults who were selected using systematic random sampling from April to May 2018. Data were entered into Epi Info version 7 and were analyzed by SPSS version 23. Binary and multivariable logistic regression was used to determine factors associated with awareness. Variables with P-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The proportion of awareness of glaucoma was 24.4% [95% CI; 21.0, 28.1]. It was positively associated with educational status, primary education [AOR: 3.15; 1.72, 5.77], secondary education [AOR; 3.11: 1.66, 5.84], college and above [AOR; 6.10; 2.80, 13.27], history of eye examination [AOR: 6.52; 3.46, 12.25], income level >2000 Ethiopian birr [4.65; 2.59, 8.37] and history of chronic diseases [AOR; 2.93: 1.25, 6.85]. CONCLUSION: The status of glaucoma awareness in Gish Abay town can be said to be low as compared to studies. Higher educational status, eye examination, history of chronic diseases and better income level were significantly associated with awareness of glaucoma. Dove 2020-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7062389/ /pubmed/32184695 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S235538 Text en © 2020 Bizuneh et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Bizuneh, Zewdu Yenegeta Tsega, Ayanaw Addis, Yezinash Admassu, Fisseha Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia |
title | Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_full | Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_short | Awareness of Glaucoma and Associated Factors Among Adults in Gish Abay Town, Northwest Ethiopia |
title_sort | awareness of glaucoma and associated factors among adults in gish abay town, northwest ethiopia |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062389/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32184695 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S235538 |
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