Table 2 Association of awareness of eye diseases with subject demography (age, gender and education) (n = 802)
Cataract | Glaucoma | DR | DED | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. (%)a | P-value b | No. (%)a | P-value b | No. (%)a | P-value b | No. (%)a | P-value b | |
Age groupsc (years) | ||||||||
<20 | 15 (31.9) | 0.02 | 15 (31.9) | 0.10 | 12 (25.5) | 0.01 | 27 (57.5) | 0.01 |
≥ 20–30 | 153 (28.9) | 197 (37.2) | 188 (35.5) | 287 (54.3) | ||||
≥ 30–40 | 28 (31.8) | 38 (43.1) | 33 (37.5) | 45 (51.1) | ||||
≥40–50 | 30 (35.7) | 38 (45.2) | 37 (44.1) | 34 (40.5) | ||||
≥ 50–60 | 17 (50.0) | 16 (47.1) | 21 (60.8) | 16 (47.1) | ||||
60 ≥ | 9 (45.0) | 7 (35.0) | 8 (40.0) | 7 (35.0) | ||||
Gender | ||||||||
Males | 66 (28.5) | 0.28 | 90 (38.8) | 1.00 | 89 (38.4) | 0.69 | 113 (48.7) | 0.28 |
Females | 186 (32.6) | 221 (38.8) | 210 (36.8) | 303 (53.2) | ||||
Level of education | ||||||||
None | 10 (58.8) | 0.02 | 8 (47.1) | 0.0001 | 5 (29.4) | 0.45 | 6 (35.3) | 0.05 |
Elementary | 17 (31.5) | 28 (51.9) | 24 (44.4) | 21 (39.0) | ||||
High school | 76 (26.1) | 149 (51.2) | 107 (36.8) | 158 (54.3) | ||||
University | 139 (33.6) | 116 (28.0) | 150 (36.2) | 213 (51.5) | ||||
Higher education | 10 (38.5) | 10 (38.5) | 13 (50.0) | 18 (69.2) | ||||