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ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2022

Awareness of cataract and glaucoma in two rural districts of Telangana, India.

Srinivas Marmamula, Dharani Boopalan, Rohit C Khanna, Neha Hassija, Jill Keeffe

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Srinivas MarmamulaAllen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care; Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Dharani BoopalanAllen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute; Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Rohit C KhannaAllen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care; Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India; School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Neha HassijaDepartment of Communications, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Jill KeeffeAllen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.

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purposeTo determine the level of awareness of cataract and glaucoma and identify the determinants of awareness in two rural districts of Telangana, India.

methodsA population-based cross-sectional study was conducted using the rapid assessment of visual impairment (RAVI) methodology in Khammam and Warangal districts. A validated questionnaire was administered to participants aged 40 years and above to assess the level of awareness of cataract and glaucoma.

resultsThe awareness questionnaire was administered to 3273 participants of whom 1433 (43.8%) were men, 1985 (60.6%) of them had no education, and 1645 (50.3%) were from Khammam district. In total, 2539/3273 (77.6%; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 76.1- 79.0%) participants reported awareness of cataract. Awareness of cataract was higher in Khammam compared to that in Warangal (84.4% versus 70.6%; P < 0.01). Only 41/3273 (1.25%, 95% CI: 0.90-1.69%) participants were aware of glaucoma. Awareness of glaucoma was also higher in Khammam (1.88% versus 0.61%; P < 0.01). Younger age groups, men, any level of education, and residing in Khammam were factors associated with awareness of cataract. Only having any level of education and residing in Khammam were associated with awareness of glaucoma.

conclusionAwareness of cataract was high, but awareness of glaucoma was very poor. There is a need to spread awareness about these potentially blinding conditions. Moving forward, this can be a critical step in developing a preventive eye care strategy to achieve universal eye health in India.

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CataractGlaucomaAdultAwarenessCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIndiaMalePrevalenceRural PopulationSurveys and QuestionnairesAwarenesscataractglaucomarapid assessment of visual impairmentvisual impairment

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