General Awareness and Knowledge about Cataracts, Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy in Saudi Arabia | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 28, Volume 70, Issue 9, January 2018, Pages 1703-1709 PDF (405.06 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammed Saud Bin Shibrayn; Abdulhkam Moafak Aljarbou; Yousif Abdullah Alanazi; Saad Mohammed Alhaqbani | ||
| Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim of the work: this study aimed to assess the awareness and knowledge for cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy diseases in social media of Saudi Arabia. Material and Methods: a total of 1021 people make an evaluation through internet. Various complaints were incorporated in this study. The data were collected from participants using a structured questionnaire. Questionnaire was done for gathering information on demographics, awareness, knowledge, attitudes and practices related to eye diseases. Results: in this study, 63% males and 37% of females were participated. Majority of the participants (52%) were aware of visual problems, 19.9% were aware of diabetic retinopathy, 2.5% of cataract and 1.2% of glaucoma. The percentage belonged to minimum than 20 years old, 37.5 % belonged to 21 - 30 age group, 22.1 % belonged to 31 - 40 age groups, 14.2 % belonged to 41 - 50 age group, 5.9 % were of 51 and above years of age. Further, 85.7 % of samples belonged to town people and 14.2 % belonged to village groups, 35.6 % of samples gone through secondary school or less education, 60.5% are in graduating from college and 3.9 % of samples were post graduated or qualified higher. Conclusion: the present results showed that there is still a need for health education in the population of this region of Saudi Arabia to increase the level of awareness and knowledge of common eye diseases, through the social media. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| cataracts; Glaucoma; diabetic retinopathy | ||
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