Knowledge of glaucoma, and its relationship to self-care practices, in a population sample Livingston, P.M., Lee, S.E., De Paola, C., Carson, C.A., Guest, C.S. and Taylor, H.R. 1995, Knowledge of glaucoma, and its relationship to self-care practices, in a population sample, Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 37-41, doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1995.tb01643.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Knowledge of glaucoma, and its relationship to self-care practices, in a population sample Author(s) Livingston, P.M. orcid.org/0000-0001-6616-3839 Lee, S.E. De Paola, C. Carson, C.A. Guest, C.S. Taylor, H.R. Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology Volume number 23 Issue number 1 Start page 37 End page 41 Total pages 5 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 1995-02 ISSN 0814-9763 Keyword(s) Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Australia Female Glaucoma Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Middle Aged Patient Education as Topic Population Random Allocation Self Care Sex Distribution Surveys and Questionnaires Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Ophthalmology EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE POPULATION SAMPLE SELF-CARE PRACTICES PREVALENCE EYE Summary OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of knowledge of glaucoma in a population-based sample, and its relationship to self-care practices. DESIGN AND SUBJECTS: A cluster random sample of the Melbourne population 40 years of age and older was interviewed. One thousand seven hundred and eleven residents living in five randomly selected Melbourne metropolitan suburbs, each consisting of two adjacent census collector districts. MEASURES: Questions were asked concerning respondents' awareness, knowledge and description of the disease. Respondents were also asked the year of their last visit to their eye health care provider. RESULTS: Seventy per cent of the sample had heard of glaucoma. However, only 22% provided a description that demonstrated a reasonable understanding of the disease. A lack of awareness and knowledge of glaucoma appeared to be negatively related to self-care practices. CONCLUSION: Serious deficiencies in the basic knowledge of glaucoma in the community was demonstrated. This has significant public health implications as only a small percentage of the at-risk population may present themselves for assessment and treatment. Informing the community about glaucoma is an important step in promoting preventative ophthalmic care and reducing visual impairment and blindness. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1995.tb01643.x Field of Research 111399 Ophthalmology and Optometry not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 929999 Health not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©1995, Wiley Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30082066 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health PVC's Office - Health Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 10 Mar 2016, 10:43:47 EST Thu, 10 Mar 2016, 14:38:02 EST Thu, 10 Mar 2016, 14:59:37 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 10:55:28 EST Thu, 17 Mar 2016, 10:58:09 EST Wed, 21 Dec 2016, 12:24:13 EST Fri, 20 Jan 2017, 14:57:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 37 times in TR Web of Science Cited 45 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 219 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 10 Mar 2016, 10:43:47 EST

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