Impact of Glaucoma Education Program on Glaucoma Patients’ Knowledge, Beliefs and Behavior in Riyadh City | ||
| Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||
| Article 10, Volume 36, Issue 2, April 2006, Pages 473-490 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2006.158635 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ebtisam M. Fetohy | ||
| Health Administration & Behavioral Sciences Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An intervention experimental study was conducted to assess the impact of glaucoma education program [GEP] for glaucoma patients in King Khaled Eye Specialty Hospital [KKESH] in Riyadh City. The program was administered to 100 patients through one session and one immediate assessment. Another 100 patients formed the control group. The results showed that the mean knowledge rank, the mean ranks of the components of health belief model [HBM], and mean practice rank of the intervention group were significantly higher than the control group [p < 0.001]. Stepwise multiple regression models revealed that duration of the disease was a predictor of knowledge among control and intervention groups; control [ẞ=0.451, 0.283] and intervention [ẞ=0.372, 0.558]. Knowledge was a predictor of perceived susceptibility [p. susceptibility] and perceived seriousness of the control group [ẞ=0.547, 0.573] and it was the only predictor of perceived barriers of the intervention group [R2=0.070]. Presence of a family member having the disease was a predictor of perceived benefits of control and intervention groups [ẞ=0.313, 0.232]. The study recommended the replication of such program and a more long term one to have more improvement in patients’ knowledge, beliefs, and actual practice. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Glaucoma Education Program; Riyadh | ||
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