Public Awareness regarding the Differences between Ophthalmologists and Optometrists among Saudi Adults Living in Riyadh: A Quantitative Study

Table 3

Factors associated with participants’ satisfactory knowledgic knowledge about the difference between ophthalmologists and optometrists of the adult respondents of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2018 () (univariate analysis).

Variable	Value	Satisfactory knowledge >50%				OR	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
			%
Gender	Male	227	31.3	0.26	0.612	0.941	0.761	1.164
	Female	278	32.6
Age	>26	126	24.4	19.95	<0.001	1.722	1.359	2.182
	<26	379	35.7
Education	Higher education	266	26.3	40.35	<0.001	2.026	1.630	2.518
	Lower education	239	42.0
Employment	Employed/retired	190	26.5	17.98	<0.001	1.603	1.292	1.990
	Student/unemployed	315	36.6
Health insurance	No	351	32.50	0.349	0.555	0.927	0.738	1.165
	Yes	154	30.86
Marital status	Married	198	26.79	16.751	<0.001	1.574	1.269	1.951
	Single	307	36.55
Wearing contact lens	No	346	34.46	7.484	<0.05	0.727	0.581	0.910
	Yes	159	27.65
Wearing spectacles	No	259	41.84	44.753	<0.001	0.479	0.386	0.594
	Yes	246	25.62
Visited optometrist	No	169	41.73	23.186	<0.001	0.560	0.443	0.708
	Yes	336	28.62

OR: odds ratio; statistically significant.