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Parameter | Science | Humanities | Education | Business | Health sciences | Total | |
What is your understanding of ocular allergy? | Caused by frequent rubbing of the eye | 19 (20.2) | 17 (16.7) | 6 (31.6) | 5 (29.4) | 8 (7.0) | 55 (15.8) |
 | Inflammation of the eye in response to harmless foreign substance | 46 (48.9) | 48 (47.1) | 7 (36.8) | 4 (23.5) | 89 (77.4) | 194 (55.9) |
 | Discomfort and pains within the eye | 23 (24.5) | 24 (23.5) | 2 (10.5) | 4 (23.5) | 13 (11.3) | 66 (19.0) |
 | Don’t know | 6 (6.4) | 13 (12.7) | 4 (21.1) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (4.3) | 32 (9.2) |
Eye structures involved in ocular allergy include | Conjunctiva | 11 (11.7) | 12 (11.7) | 3 (15.80 | 3 (17.6) | 10 (8.7) | 39 (11.2) |
Cornea | 10 (10.6) | 3 (2.9) | 4 (21.1) | 2 (11.8) | 3 (2.6) | 22 (6.3) | |
Conjunctiva, cornea, eyelid | 25 (26.6) | 21 (20.6) | 0 | 6 (35.3) | 48 (41.7) | 100 (28.8) | |
Conjunctiva, cornea, limbus,eyelid | 13 (13.8) | 15 (14.7) | 1 (5.3) | 2 (11.8) | 33 (28.7) | 64 (18.4) | |
Don’t know | 35 (37.2) | 51 (50.0) | 11 (57.9) | 4 (23.5) | 21 (18.30 | 122 (35.2) | |
Are ocular allergies transmitted from person to person? | Yes | 64 (68.1) | 55 (53.9) | 8 (42.1) | 11 (64.7) | 77 (67.0) | 215 (62.0) |
No | 8 (8.5) | 10 (9.8) | 1 (5.3) | 1 9 (5.9) | 11 (9.6) | 31 (8.9) | |
Don’t know | 21 (22.3) | 37 (36.3) | 10 (52.6) | 5 (29.4) | 27 (23.5) | 100 (28.8) | |
What is the best way to prevent ocular allergy? | Apply anti- allergic drugs | 6 (6.4) | 9 (8.8) | 2 (10.5) | 5 (29.4) | 13 (11.3) | 35 (10.1) |
Stay away from those with the disease | 1 (1.1) | 4 (3.9) | 1 (5.3) | 0 | 5 (4.3) | 11 (3.2) | |
Avoid the source of trigerrs | 52 (55.3) | 47 (46.1) | 6 (31.6) | 6 (35.3) | 83 (72.2) | 194 (55.9) | |
Visit eye clinics | 24 (25.5) | 30 (29.4) | 7 (36.8) | 4 (23.5) | 8 (7.0) | 73 (21.0) | |
 | Don’t know | 11 (11.7) | 12 (11.7) | 3 (15.8) | 2 (11.8) | 5 (4.3) | 33 (9.5) |
Do you know substances that trigger allergies in the eye? | No | 52 (55.3) | 69 (67.6) | 15 (78.9) | 11 (64.7) | 54 (47.0) | 201 (57.9) |
yes | 42 (44.7) | 33 (32.4) | 4 (21.1) | 6 (35.3) | 61 (53.0) | 146 (42.1) | |
Do you know of medications used for treating ocular allergy? | No | 77 (81.9) | 86 (84.3) | 17 (89.5) | 14 (82.4) | 79 (68.7) | 273 (78.7) |
yes | 17 (18.1) | 16 (15.7) | 2 (10.5) | 3 (17.6) | 36 (31.3) | 74 (21.3) | |
Some eye allergies are inherited | True | 44 (46.8) | 57 (55.9) | 11 (57.9) | 10 (58.8) | 46 (40.0) | 168 (48.4) |
False | 13 (13.8) | 12 (11.7) | 3 (15.8) | 1 (5.9) | 19 (16.5) | 48 (13.8) | |
Don’t know | 37 (39.4) | 33 (32.3) | 5 (26.3) | 6 (35.3) | 50 (43.5) | 131 (37.8) | |
Smoking is a risk factor for ocular allergy | True | 49 (52.1) | 48 (47.1) | 10 (52.6) | 11 (64.7) | 54 (47.0) | 172 (49.6) |
False | 8 (8.5) | 7 (6.9) | 0 | 1 (5.9) | 11 (9.6) | 27 (7.8) | |
Don’t know | 37 (39.4) | 47 (48.0) | 9 (47.40 | 5 (29.4) | 50 (43.5) | 148 (42.7) |