Table 3 Knowledge of glaucoma across socio- demographic characteristics of respondents, Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, April 2016 (n = 246)
Characteristics | Knowledge status | |
|---|---|---|
Good N (%) | Poor N (%) | |
Sex | ||
 Male | 73(29.7) | 64(26.0) |
 Female | 49(19.9) | 60(24.4) |
Age (years) | ||
 35 – 44 | 50(20.3) | 62(25.2) |
 45 – 54 | 38(15.4) | 31(12.6) |
 55 – 64 | 24(9.8) | 18(7.3) |
 65 – 74 | 6(2.4) | 4(1.6) |
  ≥ 75 | 4(1.6) | 9(3.8) |
Level of education | ||
 No formal education | 7(2.8.) | 24(9.8) |
 Primary education | 28(11.3) | 34(13.8) |
 Secondary education | 41(16.7) | 35(14.3) |
 College and above | 46(18.7) | 31(12.6) |
Religion | ||
 Orthodox | 94(38.2) | 94(38.2) |
 Muslim | 25(10.2) | 27(11.0) |
 Others* | 3(1.2) | 3(1.2) |
Ethnicity | ||
 Amhara | 99(40.2) | 105(42.7) |
 Tigrie | 9(3.7) | 10(4.1) |
 Kmant | 13(5.3) | 6(2.4) |
 Others** | 1(0.4) | 3(1.2) |
Marital status | ||
 Single | 12(4.9) | 6(2.4) |
 Married | 89(36.2) | 97(39.4) |
 Divorced | 12(4.9) | 10(4.0) |
 Widowed | 9(3.7) | 11(4.5) |
History of hypertension | ||
 Yes | 22(8.9) | 22(8.9) |
 No | 98(39.8) | 93(37.8) |
 Do not know (unscreened) | 2(0.8) | 9(3.8) |
History of diabetes mellitus | ||
 Yes | 15(6.1) | 12(4.9) |
 No | 104(42.3) | 106(43.1) |
 Do not know (unscreened) | 3(1.2) | 6(2.4) |
History of eye examination | ||
 Yes | 77(31.3) | 49(19.9) |
 No | 45(18.3) | 75(30.5) |
History of glaucoma*** | ||
 Yes | 6(4.8) | 7(5.6) |
 No | 69(54.8) | 38(30.2) |
 Do not know | 2(1.6) | 4(3.2) |
Family history of glaucoma | ||
 Yes | 9(3.7) | 5(2.0) |
 No | 106 (43.2) | 78(31.6) |
 Do not know | 34(13.8) | 14(5.7) |