DR POOJA H.V.

DR.H T VENKATEGOWDA

Abstract

Purpose- to evaluate the knowledge and awareness of Glaucoma among the nursing personnel at a rural tertiary care hospital.

Design- A questionnaire based study

Methodology- A self designed questionnaire combined of 20closed ended dichotomous and open ended questions were administered. Subjects having heard of glaucoma were defined as aware and who were having some understanding of the eye disease were defined as knowledgeable. Knowledge was graded as good, fair and poor based on the subjects collective responses to questions on glaucoma.

Results- Out of 106 subjects who participated in the study, proportion of awareness was 96.22%(102). Good knowledge was seen in 28, fair in 47 and poor in 31 participants.

Conclusion- Even though the level of awareness of glaucoma is good, their knowledge base is still inadequate.