Table 5 Association between knowledge level of glaucoma and the compliance to anti-glaucoma medications
From: Knowledge of glaucoma and associated factors among primary glaucoma patients in Kunming, China
Variable | Use all the medications on time | χ2 | P | Stop the medications on one’s own | χ2 | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (%) | No (%) | Yes (%) | No (%) | |||||
Knowledge of glaucoma | ||||||||
Poor | 25.00 | 16.67 | 11.46 | 0.001 | 20.83 | 20.83 | 9.16 | 0.002 |
Good | 54.17 | 4.17 | Â | Â | 9.72 | 48.61 | Â | Â |
Do the anti-glaucoma medications have side effects? | ||||||||
Yes | 31.94 | 0.00 | 7.13 | 0.008 | 1.39 | 30.56 | 10.94 | 0.001 |
No | 47.22 | 20.83 | Â | Â | 29.17 | 38.89 | Â | Â |
Have the side effects of the medications been explained to you? | ||||||||
Yes | 38.89 | 0.00 | 12.06 | 0.001 | 1.39 | 37.50 | 15.72 |  < 0.001 |
No | 40.28 | 20.83 | Â | Â | 29.17 | 31.94 | Â | Â |
What is the purpose of the medications you use? | ||||||||
Satisfactory | 70.83 | 9.72 | 11.29 | 0.001 | 18.06 | 62.50 | 7.45 | 0.006 |
Unsatisfactory | 8.33 | 11.11 | Â | Â | 12.50 | 6.94 | Â | Â |