Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of study patients attending the glaucoma clinic, Menelik II Referral Hospital
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
18–40 | 22 | 6.1 |
41–60 | 149 | 41.5 |
61–80 | 181 | 50.4 |
≥ 81 | 7 | 1.9 |
Sex (n = 358) | ||
Male | 247 | 69.0 |
Female | 111 | 31.0 |
Educational level (n = 358) | ||
Illiterate or non-formal education | 109 | 30.4 |
Elementary school (grade 1–8) | 120 | 33.5 |
High School (grade 9–12) | 73 | 20.4 |
Diploma and/or above | 56 | 15.6 |
Place of residence (n = 358) | ||
Rural | 36 | 10.1 |
Urban | 322 | 89.9 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 29 | 8.1 |
Farmer | 23 | 6.4 |
Retired | 115 | 32.0 |
Employee (paid work) | 79 | 22.0 |
Self-employed (merchant) | 34 | 9.5 |
Other(s) (student, unemployed, prisoner) | 79 | 22.0 |
Types of glaucoma (n = 341) | ||
Pseudoexfoliative glaucoma | 138 | 40.5 |
Primary open angle glaucoma | 93 | 27.3 |
Primary angle closure glaucoma | 48 | 14.1 |
Other(s) (normal tension glaucoma, secondary glaucoma, ocular hypertension, juvenile glaucoma) | 62 | 18.2 |
Severity of glaucoma (n = 270) | ||
Early glaucoma | 32 | 11.9 |
Moderate glaucoma | 173 | 64.1 |
Advanced glaucoma | 65 | 24.1 |