Alammar Abdulmajeed A, Alabdulkareem Abdulaziz M, Abu-Amara Abdallah B, Kalantan Hatem
Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Ophthalmology, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2021 Nov 23;13(11):e19849. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19849. eCollection 2021 Nov.
Objectives To assess the general public's level of knowledge on glaucoma and cataract and measure their ability to differentiate between the two. Materials and methods This was an analytic, cross-sectional study. We used a self-explanatory questionnaire to obtain information regarding the level of knowledge of glaucoma and cataract and measured the ability of the public to differentiate between the two in Saudi Arabia. The obtained results were manually entered into an Excel sheet and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 26. Results The levels of knowledge on glaucoma and cataract and those of education were significantly associated (chi-square: P < 0.001). There was a significant association between having an eye condition and the ability to correctly define glaucoma and cataract (chi-square: P = 0.002). Concerning the definition of glaucoma, 48.4% of the participants who had a previous eye disorder answered correctly, whereas 40.1% of the participants who had no previous eye disorder answered correctly. In addition, 20.9% of the participants with a previous eye disease and 17.6% of the participants without any previous eye disease defined glaucoma incorrectly as cataract. A total of 71.4% of the participants with a previous eye disease, compared with 49.6% of the participants without any previous eye disease, correctly defined cataract. In addition, only 7.3% of the participants with a history of eye disease answered the definition of cataract as that of glaucoma (glaucoma: chi-square, P = 0.002; cataract: chi-square, P < 0.001). Conclusion This study is in line with other studies measuring the knowledge of the two diseases, with glaucoma being less known than cataract. While many of the participants were able to define glaucoma and cataract, they had many difficulties identifying how they present and which symptom belonged to cataract and glaucoma. Glaucoma and cataract were confused by a number of participants especially in the case of glaucoma as more defined it as cataract rather than the opposite.
目的 评估公众对青光眼和白内障的知识水平，并衡量他们区分两者的能力。材料与方法 这是一项分析性横断面研究。我们使用一份自带说明的问卷来获取有关青光眼和白内障知识水平的信息，并衡量沙特阿拉伯公众区分两者的能力。将获得的结果手动录入Excel表格，并使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）26版进行分析。结果 青光眼和白内障的知识水平与教育程度显著相关（卡方检验：P < 0.001）。患有眼部疾病与正确定义青光眼和白内障的能力之间存在显著关联（卡方检验：P = 0.002）。关于青光眼的定义，48.4%有眼部疾病史的参与者回答正确，而40.1%无眼部疾病史的参与者回答正确。此外，20.9%有眼部疾病史的参与者和17.6%无眼部疾病史的参与者将青光眼错误地定义为白内障。共有71.4%有眼部疾病史的参与者正确定义了白内障，相比之下，无眼部疾病史的参与者中这一比例为49.6%。此外，只有7.3%有眼部疾病史的参与者将白内障的定义回答为青光眼（青光眼：卡方检验，P = 0.002；白内障：卡方检验，P < 0.001）。结论 本研究与其他测量这两种疾病知识的研究结果一致，青光眼的知晓度低于白内障。虽然许多参与者能够定义青光眼和白内障，但他们在识别这两种疾病的表现以及哪些症状属于白内障和青光眼方面存在许多困难。许多参与者将青光眼和白内障混淆，尤其是在青光眼方面，更多人将其定义为白内障而非相反。
