Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India
Purpose: To determine the level of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma surgery and post-surgery counseling amongst paramedical staff at a tertiary eye-care hospital. Methods: This observational cross-sectional study included a random sample of 94 hospital personnel: 37 general nurse midwives, 4...
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| author | Rakesh Shakya Navjot Singh Ahluwalia Chintan Shah Pulak Paul B K Jain Kushal Pandit Ramesh K C Gupta Reena Ahlawat Priyanka Choudhary |
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| description | Purpose: To determine the level of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma surgery and post-surgery counseling amongst paramedical staff at a tertiary eye-care hospital. Methods: This observational cross-sectional study included a random sample of 94 hospital personnel: 37 general nurse midwives, 47 ophthalmic assistants, and 10 patient caretakers (PCTs). Participants were administered a questionnaire about glaucoma surgery and post-surgery counseling of patients. Results: The study included 41 (43.6%) females and 53 (56.4%) males. The mean age of the participants was 24.85 ± 4.54 years. All participants were aware of trabeculectomy surgery in glaucoma (100%). A total of 95.7% knew that surgery helps in controlling IOP, of whom 57 (60.6%) participants got information during their course of learning. Overall 53 (56.4%) believed that surgery is done when medication failure occurs, and 58 (61.7%) knew that surgery helps in preserving vision. A total of 63 (67.0%) participants knew to counsel patients to visit an ophthalmologist when called for and take the treatment as advised, whereas 74 (78.7%) correctly said to visit an ophthalmologist immediately if pain/diminution of vision/discharge occurs. Overall, PCTs were found to be having significantly better knowledge (P = 0.01) compared to others and they also reported ophthalmologists as the chief source of information. Conclusion: This study revealed that paramedical staff had an excellent awareness of trabeculectomy surgery. However, the knowledge and counseling parts of the questionnaire revealed less than satisfactory responses. So, there is a need to continuously educate paramedical staff members so that they can help in propagating information about the role of glaucoma surgery and the importance of proper follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21436b2380ab42969c02a1e3bafd274d2023-07-21T15:04:35ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Ophthalmology0301-47381998-36892023-01-0171258058410.4103/ijo.IJO_1766_22Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural IndiaRakesh ShakyaNavjot Singh AhluwaliaChintan ShahPulak PaulB K JainKushal PanditRamesh K C GuptaReena AhlawatPriyanka ChoudharyPurpose: To determine the level of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma surgery and post-surgery counseling amongst paramedical staff at a tertiary eye-care hospital. Methods: This observational cross-sectional study included a random sample of 94 hospital personnel: 37 general nurse midwives, 47 ophthalmic assistants, and 10 patient caretakers (PCTs). Participants were administered a questionnaire about glaucoma surgery and post-surgery counseling of patients. Results: The study included 41 (43.6%) females and 53 (56.4%) males. The mean age of the participants was 24.85 ± 4.54 years. All participants were aware of trabeculectomy surgery in glaucoma (100%). A total of 95.7% knew that surgery helps in controlling IOP, of whom 57 (60.6%) participants got information during their course of learning. Overall 53 (56.4%) believed that surgery is done when medication failure occurs, and 58 (61.7%) knew that surgery helps in preserving vision. A total of 63 (67.0%) participants knew to counsel patients to visit an ophthalmologist when called for and take the treatment as advised, whereas 74 (78.7%) correctly said to visit an ophthalmologist immediately if pain/diminution of vision/discharge occurs. Overall, PCTs were found to be having significantly better knowledge (P = 0.01) compared to others and they also reported ophthalmologists as the chief source of information. Conclusion: This study revealed that paramedical staff had an excellent awareness of trabeculectomy surgery. However, the knowledge and counseling parts of the questionnaire revealed less than satisfactory responses. So, there is a need to continuously educate paramedical staff members so that they can help in propagating information about the role of glaucoma surgery and the importance of proper follow-up.http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2023;volume=71;issue=2;spage=580;epage=584;aulast=Shakyaawarenessawareness of glaucomaglaucoma surgeryknowledgeparamedics |
| spellingShingle | Rakesh Shakya Navjot Singh Ahluwalia Chintan Shah Pulak Paul B K Jain Kushal Pandit Ramesh K C Gupta Reena Ahlawat Priyanka Choudhary Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India Indian Journal of Ophthalmology awareness awareness of glaucoma glaucoma surgery knowledge paramedics |
| title | Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India |
| title_full | Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India |
| title_fullStr | Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India |
| title_short | Awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post-surgery counseling – A questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in Central Rural India |
| title_sort | awareness and knowledge among paramedical staff about glaucoma surgeries and post surgery counseling a questionnaire based study at a tertiary eye care center in central rural india |
| topic | awareness awareness of glaucoma glaucoma surgery knowledge paramedics |
| url | http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=2023;volume=71;issue=2;spage=580;epage=584;aulast=Shakya |
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