Journals / Glokom Katarakt / 2011 / Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 4

Glokom hastalarında farkındalık

Awareness among glaucoma patients

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Increased knowledge may improve awareness of glaucoma but compliance with medication is based on not only knowledge but also behavioral aspects which should also be supported.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Purpose: To assess the awareness of glaucoma among glaucoma patients.
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Key Findings & Data:Results: The mean knowledge score was 52.4±18.
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Conclusion & Impact:Increased knowledge may improve awareness of glaucoma but compliance with medication is based on not only knowledge but also behavioral aspects which should also be supported.
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📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
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Abstract

Purpose: To assess the awareness of glaucoma among glaucoma patients. Materials and Methods: Seventy-eight patients with primary open-angle glaucoma were administered a questionnaire to assess their awareness of glaucoma. Items included sociodemographics, knowledge about glaucoma and its treatment, compliance with therapy and need for information. Results: The mean knowledge score was 52.4±18. Half of the patients had a score lower than 50. Ninety-one percent of the patients knew glaucoma could cause blindness, 64.1% stated that it caused visual field defects and 26.9% believed that it was a curable disease. Of 78 patients, 65.4% said that the chance of having glaucoma was higher if a family member had glaucoma, 24.4% were non-compliant with glaucoma treatment and 24.4% did not know their last intraocular pressure measurement. Sixteen percent of patients did not know whether the medications had any side-effects. Males, younger patients and the patients with family history for glaucoma had better scores of knowledge but the difference was not significant. Education and being aware of the names of the medications was significantly associated with knowledge of glaucoma. Location, working status, duration of glaucoma, the level of intraocular pressure, compliance with the treatment and the need for information about glaucoma were not significantly associated with knowledge of glaucoma. Conclusions: Knowledge about glaucoma is inadequate in glaucoma patients. Increased knowledge may improve awareness of glaucoma but compliance with medication is based on not only knowledge but also behavioral aspects which should also be supported.

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Amaç: Glokom hastalarında glokomla ilgili farkındalık durumunun değerlendirilmesi Gereç ve Yöntem: Glokomda farkındalık düzeyinin değerlendirilmesi amacıyla 78 primer açık açılı glokom hastasına anket uygulandı. Anket, sosyodemografik bulgular, glokom ve tedavisi ile ilgili bilgi,tedaviye uyum ve bilgi gereksinimi konularını içermekteydi. Bulgular: Ortalama bilgi skoru 52.4±18 saptandı. Hastaların yarısının skoru 50'nin altındaydı. Hastaların %91'i glokomun körlüğe, %64.1'i görme alanı defektine sebep olduğunu, 26.9'u ise glokomun iyileşebilen bir hastalık olduğunu belirtti. Hastaların %65.4'ü aile bireylerinde glokom varsa, glokom ortaya çıkma ihtimalinin daha yüksek olduğunu, %24.4'ü glokom tedavisine uymadığını belirtti, %24.4'ü son göz içi basınç değerini hatırlamıyordu. Hastaların %16'sı kullandıkları ilaçların yan etkisi olup olmadığını bilmiyordu. İstatistiksel olarak anlamlı olmamakla birlikte erkeklerin, gençlerin ve ailede glokom öyküsü bulunanların bilgi skorlarının daha yüksek olduğu görüldü. Kullanılan ilaç isimlerinin bilinme oraının ve eğitim düzeyinin, glokom bilgisi düzeyiyle anlamlı bir ilişkisi oldugu izlendi. Yerleşim yeri, çalışma durumu, glokom sü resi, göz içi basınç düzeyi, tedaviye uyum ve glokomla bilgi gereksinimi ile glokom bilgi düzeyi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmadı. Sonuç: Glokom hastalarında glokomla ilgili bilgi düzeyi yeterli değildir. Bilgi artışı, glokomla ilgili farkındalığı arttırabilir ancak tedaviye uyum sadece bilgiyle ilişkili değildir. Hastaların davranışsal faktörler açısından da desteklenmesi gereklidir.

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ÇETİN, E. N., ZENCİR, G., ZENCİR, M., AVUNDUK, A. M., YAYLALI, V., YILDIRIM, C. (2011). Glokom hastalarında farkındalık. Glokom Katarakt, Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 4, 235–238. https://ajindex.com/articles/226506

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