马来西亚族群中的青光眼。
Glaucoma among the Malaysian Community.
机构信息
Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, UKM, Malaysia.
School of Public Health and Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
出版信息
ScientificWorldJournal. 2020 Aug 1;2020:4859496. doi: 10.1155/2020/4859496. eCollection 2020.
BACKGROUND
According to the WHO, glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. About 50% of the world's glaucoma cases come from the Asian population, and in Malaysia itself, the prevalence of glaucoma is increasing. However, glaucoma is still a foreign word to our community despite the high prevalence. Therefore, there is an urgent need to determine the awareness of glaucoma among the community and its associated factors.
RESULTS
This study showed that only 25.2% of our respondents were aware of glaucoma and it is associated with ethnicity, religion, education, and household income. Besides, among those who were aware, they fall into the group of poor knowledge of glaucoma. On the other hand, the knowledge of glaucoma was associated with occupation and the awareness of glaucoma by definition. The validated questionnaire was distributed and the data were analyzed by SPSS software using -test, one-way ANOVA, and chi-square test.
CONCLUSION
Awareness and knowledge of glaucoma in this population is low. These findings suggest that there is a need for an efficient information and education strategy to be designed and conducted to increase the awareness and knowledge of glaucoma so that early detection can be made and effective management of individuals with this condition can be delivered.
背景
根据世界卫生组织的数据，青光眼是全球第二大致盲原因。全球约有 50%的青光眼病例来自亚洲人群，而在马来西亚，青光眼的患病率正在上升。然而，尽管患病率很高，青光眼对我们的社区来说仍然是一个陌生的词汇。因此，迫切需要确定社区对青光眼的认识及其相关因素。
结果
本研究表明，只有 25.2%的受访者了解青光眼，并且这与种族、宗教、教育和家庭收入有关。此外，在那些了解青光眼的人中，他们属于对青光眼知识了解不足的人群。另一方面，青光眼的知识与职业有关，并且与青光眼的定义有关。使用 SPSS 软件对经过验证的问卷进行了分发和数据分析，采用了检验、单因素方差分析和卡方检验。
结论
该人群对青光眼的认识和知识水平较低。这些发现表明，需要设计和实施有效的信息和教育策略，以提高对青光眼的认识和知识水平，从而进行早期发现，并为患有这种疾病的个体提供有效的管理。
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