Associated factors with the knowledge level about primary open angle glaucoma at a national referral center in Peru

Roque-Choque E.C.; Noriega-Cerdán J.; Sánchez-Espinoza J.; Alvarado-Villacorta R. · Revista Mexicana de Oftalmologia (2022) · DOI: 10.24875/rmoe.m23000243

Resumen

Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the factors associated with the level of knowledge regarding primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a national reference center in Peru. Methods: An observational, correlational, cross-sectional, and quantitative study was carried out between March and April 2021 at the National Institute of Ophthalmology Dr. Francisco Contreras Campos, in Lima, Peru. Adult patients of both sexes with a diagnosis of POAG were included, and those patients with psychiatric problems, unable to answer the instrument, and those who did not agree to participate in the study were excluded from the study. A questionnaire designed and validated in Spanish-speaking patients in Peru was used. Results: Three hundred and sixty-two patients participated, mostly women (51.5%), with a mean age of 67.6 ± 13.1 years, 45.9% studied up to secondary level, 50% no longer worked, 87.8% had a monthly income of up to 250 American dollars, 95.9% had Social Security, 81.2% had already had previous eye examinations, and 31.8% had a relative with the same diagnosis. Single and married marital status (p = 0.046 and p = 0.010) and grade of primary and university education (p = 0.012 and p = 0.026) were factors associated with knowledge regarding POAG: 52.1% of single patients showed high levels of knowledge, while 32.9% of those with studies up to the primary level presented low knowledge. Conclusions: Marital status and degree of education were socioeconomic factors associated with the level of knowledge regarding POAG in patients of our center.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia