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Downloaded from http://journals.lww.com/apjoo by BhDMf5ePHKbH4TTImqenVA5KvPVPZ0P5BEgU+IUTEfzO/GUWifn2IfwcEVVH9SSn on 06/01/2020 o riginal c linical s tudy Awareness and Knowledge of Glaucoma in Central India: A Hospital-Based Study Prafulla K. Maharana, MD,* Vaishali G. Rai, DNB,* Rajesh Pattebahadur, MD,* Shipra Singhi, MD,† and Ashish K. Chauhan, MD‡ from glaucoma is an important component of a national Purpose: t o assess the awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among 5 program for control of blindness in india. people attending the ophthalmology outpatient department at a tertiary The best approach to prevent glaucoma-related blind- care hospital in central india. ness is early diagnosis and management. Detection of glau- Design: a prospective observational study. coma at an early stage is possible through camp screening Methods: a questionnaire-based study was conducted, involving persons and by encouraging the general population to seek regular aged 18 and above attending the ophthalmology outpatient department ophthalmic care. The success of such programs requires the from october 2014 to september 2015. data on awareness and knowl - participation of the general population in large numbers, edge of glaucoma was collected through a face-to-face interview. which is not possible without some degree of awareness Results: Fourteen hundred people participated in the study. the mean
The Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: May 1, 2017
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