Authors :
Pallapothula Saivennela; Syeda Sadiya Ikram; Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Puri
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 4 - April
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6565614
Abstract :
Awareness and knowledge of common eye
diseases and their early detection can play a vital role in
encouraging people to seek timely eye care and therefore
help in referring the burden of visual impairment. This
study was designed to reveal the pre and post assessment
of eye diseases among health care students in the
university.
Methods: It’s a hospital-based questionnaire study which
includes health care students of age group between 18-25
years. For this, a total of 278 respondents were selected by
random sampling and were interviewed using a
structured questionnaire in pre-assessment. Knowledge
about common and preventable eye diseases are
explained clearly and the students will be queried again
on their knowledge about the common eye diseases in post
assessment. The total of 278 participants 173 Males and
130 Females completed the questionnaire, The average
age (±standard deviation) of the study participant was
21.29 ± 2.49 (range 18 to 25 years old).
Results: When comparing pre-assessment data among
common eye diseases the result and the awareness,
knowledge of cataract (74%), night blindness (98%),
glaucoma (76%), strabismus (82%) and systemic diseases
(74.%) was increased in post-assessment respectively.
Therefore, this is related to the fact that our studied
cohort was likely to be educated.
Conclusions: Through analysis it is concluded that the
awareness and knowledge of common eye diseases and
their treatment and utilization for early detection and
treatment, the quality of eye care facilities must be
improved.
Keywords :
Awareness, Cataract, Glaucoma, Knowledge, Night Blindness, Strabismus
Awareness and knowledge of common eye
diseases and their early detection can play a vital role in
encouraging people to seek timely eye care and therefore
help in referring the burden of visual impairment. This
study was designed to reveal the pre and post assessment
of eye diseases among health care students in the
university.
Methods: It’s a hospital-based questionnaire study which
includes health care students of age group between 18-25
years. For this, a total of 278 respondents were selected by
random sampling and were interviewed using a
structured questionnaire in pre-assessment. Knowledge
about common and preventable eye diseases are
explained clearly and the students will be queried again
on their knowledge about the common eye diseases in post
assessment. The total of 278 participants 173 Males and
130 Females completed the questionnaire, The average
age (±standard deviation) of the study participant was
21.29 ± 2.49 (range 18 to 25 years old).
Results: When comparing pre-assessment data among
common eye diseases the result and the awareness,
knowledge of cataract (74%), night blindness (98%),
glaucoma (76%), strabismus (82%) and systemic diseases
(74.%) was increased in post-assessment respectively.
Therefore, this is related to the fact that our studied
cohort was likely to be educated.
Conclusions: Through analysis it is concluded that the
awareness and knowledge of common eye diseases and
their treatment and utilization for early detection and
treatment, the quality of eye care facilities must be
improved.
Keywords :
Awareness, Cataract, Glaucoma, Knowledge, Night Blindness, Strabismus
