The authors conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in Gondar town (NW Ethiopia) in April 2019 of all eligible adults with a two-stage random sampling procedure for recruitment. Six hundred and two participants were included with a response rate of 94.9% aged 33 ±14 years. 52.8% were male, 50.7% were employed and median income was $105.6 ±69.5. Sixty-five percent had college or above education. Six had strabismus surgery and 71.8% had a favourable attitude to strabismus. Also, 88.5% agreed that early treatment gave better outcomes, 77.9% agreed best treatment was at an early age and 84.7% agreed strabismus can be detected by observers. Higher education status, employment, higher income and knowledge of strabismus were associated with favourable attitudes towards strabismus. Barriers to seeking treatment included fear of surgery and high cost.
Attitudes to strabismus in an Ethiopian population
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Attitude and related factors towards strabismus among adults living in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study.
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Fiona Rowe (Prof)
Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, UK.
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