BACKGROUND Glaucoma is a global public health problem and it is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Even though public knowledge of glaucoma is a key for early case identification and prevention of blindness, it is unknown in the study area, making provision of interventions difficult. Therefore, this study was intended to assess knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among adults in Gish Abay town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018. METHODS A Community based cross - sectional design study with systematic random sampling technique was used to select 630 adults. The study was conducted from April to May, 2018. Data was entered into Epi Info version 7 and was analysed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23. Binary logistic regression model and adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence level was used to identify the significant factors associated with knowledge of glaucoma. Variables with P-value ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS About 594 adults were participated with a response rate of 94%. Above half of (52%) the participants were females with median age of 28 years. The proportion of good knowledge was demonstrated in 16.8% [95% CI; 14.0, 19.9]. Educational status: primary education [AOR; 2.89: 1.41, 5.90], secondary education [AOR; 3.03: 1.47, 6.24] college and above [AOR; 5.18: 2.21, 12.13], history of eye examination [AOR; 6.52: 3.37, 12.63]; family history of glaucoma [AOR; 12.08: 4.13, 35.30] and higher income level [AOR; 3.11: 1.55, 6.25] were positively associated with good knowledge of glaucoma. CONCLUSIONS The proportion of good knowledge of glaucoma was low. Higher educational status, positive family history of glaucoma, eye examination and higher income level were significantly associated with knowledge of glaucoma.

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埃塞俄比亚西北部吉什阿拜镇成年人对青光眼及相关因素的了解。


背景技术青光眼是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，并且是全世界不可逆性失明的主要原因。尽管公众对青光眼的了解是早期病例识别和预防失明的关键，但在研究领域尚不清楚，这使得提供干预措施变得困难。因此，本研究旨在评估 2018 年埃塞俄比亚西北部吉什阿拜镇成年人对青光眼及其相关因素的了解。方法采用系统随机抽样技术的基于社区的横断面设计研究，选择了 630 名成年人。该研究于2018年4月至5月进行。数据输入Epi Info第7版，并通过社会科学统计包第23版进行分析。使用二元逻辑回归模型和95％置信水平的调整比值比来识别显着性与青光眼知识相关的因素。 P 值≤0.05 的变量被认为具有统计显着性。结果 约 594 名成年人参与，响应率为 94%。超过一半 (52%) 的参与者是女性，平均年龄为 28 岁。良好知识的比例为 16.8% [95% CI； 14.0、19.9]。教育状况：初等教育[AOR； 2.89: 1.41, 5.90]，中等教育[AOR； 3.03: 1.47, 6.24] 大专及以上 [AOR; 5.18: 2.21, 12.13]，眼部检查史 [AOR； 6.52：3.37，12.63]；青光眼家族史 [AOR; 12.08: 4.13, 35.30] 和更高的收入水平 [AOR； 3.11: 1.55, 6.25] 与对青光眼的良好了解呈正相关。结论 青光眼良好知识的比例较低。 较高的教育程度、青光眼家族史、眼部检查和较高的收入水平与青光眼知识显着相关。