Effectiveness of Counseling Provided by Primary Care Doctors and Nurses in Increasing Glaucoma Screening Rates
Table 3
Demographics of study participants according to their screening status.
Declared positive screening status
Nurse’s consultation
Doctor’s consultation
Control group
Yes ()
No ()
Yes ()
No ()
Yes ()
No ()
Sex
Women
19 (82.6)
64 (73.6)
10 (71.4)
65 (68.4)
3 (75.0)
71 (83.5)
Men
4 (17.4)
23 (26.4)
4 (28.6)
30 (31.6)
1 (25.0)
14 (16.5)
Chi-square; df;
0.389; 1; 0.533
0.000; 1; 1.000
0.000; 1; 1.000
Age
Mean ± standard dev.
53.3 ± 11.6
48.9 ± 12.2
50.1 ± 10.9
45.6 ± 8.1
47.3 ± 8.0
48.2 ± 10.2
Range
35–75
35–87
35–68
35–65
42–59
35–70
Median
53.0
45.0
49.0
44.0
43.5
46.0
95% CI
48.3; 58.4
46.3; 51.5
43.9; 56.4
44.0; 47.3
34.2; 59.8
46.1; 50.4
-statistic;
2.431; 0.122
3.407; 0.068
0.058; 0.810
Mann-Whitney test,
0.065
0.160
0.890
Education
Elementary
3 (13)
2 (2.3)
— (0.0)
1 (1.0)
— (0.0)
3 (3.5)
Secondary vocational
2 (8.7)
6 (6.8)
1 (7.1)
7 (7.4)
1 (25.0)
2 (2.3)
High school
8 (34.9)
25 (28.4)
7 (50.0)
28 (29.5)
2 (50.0)
33 (38.8)
Higher
10 (43.5)
54 (62.1)
6 (42.9)
59 (62.1)
1 (25.0)
47 (55.3)
Chi-square; df;
6.003; 3; 0.111b
2.507; 3; 0.474c
6.725; 3; 0.081d
Marital status
Married
18 (78.3)
61 (70.1)
8 (57.1)
67 (70.5)
2 (50.0)
63 (75.3)
Unmarried
5 (21.7)
26 (29.9)
6 (42.9)
28 (29.5)
2 (50.0)
22 (24.7)
Chi-square; df;
0.262; 1; 0.609
0.490; 1; 0.484e
0.236; 1; 0.627f
Children
None
1 (4.3)
15 (17.2)
1 (7.1)
13 (13.7)
— (0.0)
16 (18.8)
One or more
22 (95.6)
72 (82.8)
13 (92.9)
82 (86.3)
4 (100.0)
69 (81.2)
Chi-square; df;
1.506; 1; 0.220g
0.065; 1; 0.799h
0.085; 1; 0.770i
Place of residence
Urban
18 (78.3)
78 (89.6)
14 (100.0)
90 (94.7)
4 (100.0)
74 (87.1)
Rural
5 (21.7)
9 (10.3)
— (0.0)
5 (5.3)
— (0.0)
11 (12.9)
Chi-square; df;
1.224; 1; 0.269j
0.038; 1; 0.846k
0.000; 1; 1.000l
With Yate’s correction for continuity.
bThree cells have expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 1.05.
cFour cells have expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 0.13.
dSix cells have expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 0.13.
eOne cell has expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 4.37.
fOne cell has expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 11.85.
gOne cell has expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 3.35.
hOne cell has expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 1.80.
iTwo cells have expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 0.72.
jOne cell has expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 2.93.
kTwo cells have expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 64.
lTwo cells have expected value lower than 5; minimal expected group size is 0.49.
