Research Article
Glaucoma among the Malaysian Community
Table 3
Knowledge of glaucoma in the Malaysian community (N = 329).
| Variable | Items | N (%) |
| Anyone can have glaucoma | Yes | 28 (33.7) | No | 26 (31.3) | Not sure | 29 (34.9) |
| Glaucoma is treatable | Yes | 59 (71.1) | No | 6 (7.2) | Not sure | 18 (21.7) |
| Glaucoma is the same as cataract | Yes | 24 (28.9) | No | 33 (39.8) | Not sure | 26 (31.3) |
| An eye doctor’s check-up is the only way of early identifying glaucoma | Yes | 57 (68.7) | No | 9 (10.8) | Not sure | 17 (20.5) |
| Glaucoma be developed by contacting a person with glaucoma | Yes | 3 (3.6) | No | 53 (63.9) | Not sure | 27 (32.5) |
| Glaucoma caused by reading books, newspapers, or using a computer for a long time | Yes | 31 (37.3) | No | 18 (21.7) | Not sure | 34 (41.0) |
| Glaucoma runs in families | Yes | 27 (32.5) | No | 26 (31.3) | Not sure | 30 (36.1) |
| Who is most likely to have glaucoma? | People younger than 40 years old | 3 (3.6) | People older than 40 years old | 27 (32.5) | People of all ages are at the same risk | 31 (37.3) | Do not know | 22 (26.5) |
| Glaucoma has asymptomatic course | Yes | 33 (39.8) | No | 18 (21.7) | Not sure | 32 (38.6) |
| In glaucoma, vision is affected in the early course | Yes | 51 (61.4) | No | 12 (14.5) | Not sure | 20 (24.1) | Does glaucoma affect | The central vision | 6 (7.2) | The side vision | 16 (19.3) | Both the central and side vision | 11 (13.3) | Do not know | 50 (60.2) |
| Does glaucoma develop slowly over time or strike people suddenly? | Slowly | 56 (67.5) | Suddenly | 4 (4.8) | Do not know | 23 (27.7) |
| Glaucoma causes blindness | Yes | 55 (66.3) | No | 7 (8.4) | Not sure | 21 (25.3) |
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