在Tripura北部农村地区的成年人中对玻璃眼的认识,知识和实践:基于社区的跨部门研究
Shurekha Debbarma1, Aswath R Deepa2, Anish Ancil3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Agartala, IND.
Cureus
|December 18, 2025
概括
在Tripura北部农村地区,青光眼的认识很低,只有19.6%的成年人知道. 高等教育和先前的眼科检查显著预测了青光眼的意识,强调了有针对性的社区教育的必要性.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 农村卫生 农村卫生
背景情况:
- 玻璃眼是全球不可逆转失明的主要原因.
- 在印度农村地区,低意识和延迟发现青光眼是显著的挑战.
- 印度东北地区,特别是特里普拉邦,对眼病意识的具体数据有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估北特里普拉农村地区成年人与眼有关的意识,知识和实践 (AKP).
- 为了确定预测该人口中青光眼意识的关键因素.
主要方法:
- 一项基于社区的横截面调查在Tripura北部农村随机选择的村庄进行.
- 多阶段集群随机抽样针对30岁及以上的成年人.
- 一个预先测试的问卷评估了人口统计数据,青光眼的认识,知识,实践和信息来源,随后进行了后勤回归分析.
主要成果:
- 在368名参与者中,只有19.6%的人听说过青光眼.
- 在那些意识到的人中,34.7%有良好的意识,12.5%拥有良好的知识.
- 高等教育 (AOR:3.05) 和之前的眼科咨询 (AOR:4.92) 是对青光眼的认识的重要预测因素.
结论:
- 在Tripura北部的农村地区,对青光眼的认识非常低,存在普遍的误解.
- 学历和先前的眼科护理经验是对玻璃眼病意识的强有力的决定因素.
- 实施以社区为基础的教育计划和将眼病意识纳入眼部营地是改善早期检测和预防失明的建议策略.
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