Authors :
Dr. Smita Verma; Dr. Nirmal Verma; Dr. Shweta Shalini
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 1 - January
Google Scholar :
http://bitly.ws/gu88
Scribd :
https://bit.ly/34cjAnC
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5906600
Abstract :
Vision is one of the most cherished sense and
most of us can hardly imagine what it would be like to lose
it. Blindness is a chronic non – communicable disease,
which is major public health problem worldwide specially
in developing countries like India. Major contributing
factor of blindness is cataract, by timely intervention,
blindness can be prevented, this study based on
assessment of awareness and healthcare seeking behavior,
can fill the gap in knowledge related to cataract.
Methods: This Community based cross sectional study
was carried out in among 250 adult residents of Raipur
City (C.G.). multistage random sampling was used. Data
was compiled and analysed in MS excel.
Keywords :
Awareness, Cataract, Health Seeking Behaviour.
Vision is one of the most cherished sense and
most of us can hardly imagine what it would be like to lose
it. Blindness is a chronic non – communicable disease,
which is major public health problem worldwide specially
in developing countries like India. Major contributing
factor of blindness is cataract, by timely intervention,
blindness can be prevented, this study based on
assessment of awareness and healthcare seeking behavior,
can fill the gap in knowledge related to cataract.
Methods: This Community based cross sectional study
was carried out in among 250 adult residents of Raipur
City (C.G.). multistage random sampling was used. Data
was compiled and analysed in MS excel.
Keywords :
Awareness, Cataract, Health Seeking Behaviour.
