Awareness and knowledge about glaucoma among under-graduate medical students in a medical college in south India
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Ophthalmology - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Background:Glaucoma is a leading cause of irreversible blindness and often presents late, as early stage is asymptomatic. Most of the studies regarding awareness of glaucoma have been done in general population or professionals working in hospital which leads to delayed presentation of it. The present study has been done to evaluate the awareness and knowledge about Glaucoma among medical students of one of the private medical colleges in South India.Material and Methods:A semi- structured questionnaire has been administered to 739 medical students after taking their verbal consent. The questionnaire was structured to evaluate the awareness (heard about glaucoma) and knowledge (understanding about glaucoma) about different aspects of glaucoma apart from age, sex, semester and intended specialisation of medical student.Results: All 739 respondents were aware of Glaucoma and59.94% students defined it as chronic optic neuropathy with involvement of optic nerve.Only 21.24% students were having knowledge that glaucoma can be asymptomatic. 54.39% students knew that untreated glaucoma results in irreversible loss of vision. 46.68% students knew that peripheral vision will be affected early in course.Conclusions: Although all students were aware of glaucoma, their knowledge regarding epidemiology, patho-physiology, risk factors and treatment principles were insufficient. There is a need to update these deficient areas about glaucoma to become better medical professionals and to avoid delay in diagnosis and management of this disease.
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Harshila Jain, Datta Gulnar Pandian, Vasudev Anand Rao
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