Level of knowledge about XXXX in @entity22128 .

@entity1 @entity22128 @entity726
BACKGROUND: @entity726 is a chronic and serious disease calling for consistent lifelong therapy. The @entity1 's compliance requires that he/she be well informed about the disease. The purpose of the present study was to determine the level of knowledge about @entity726 , and compare young @entity1 with older ones as well as @entity726 @entity1 with nonglaucoma ones. METHODS: A total of 1110 questionnaires were distributed to @entity1 and their relatives at the outpatient eye clinic of Hietzing Hospital ( @entity22128 ), of which 1041 were returned. The questionnaire comprised 18 questions. @entity1 were divided into two groups: group 1 consisted of those aged 18-60 years, while group 2 consisted of those older than 61 years. RESULTS: In total, 941 questionnaires were evaluated; 72.8   % of the respondents were older than 60 years, and one-half of the respondents had @entity726 (51   %). The majority of @entity1 had "moderate knowledge" of the disease (41.87   %), followed by "poor knowledge" (32.52   %). @entity726 @entity1 had considerably better knowledge of the disease (p   <   0.01) than did nonglaucoma @entity1 . Younger @entity1 were significantly better informed than older ones (p   <   0.01). Nonglaucoma @entity1 with a positive diagnosis of @entity726 among their circle of friends or family were significantly better informed (p   <   0.01) than those without such @entity1 in their circle of friends. CONCLUSION: @entity1 with @entity726 are much better informed about the disease than nonglaucoma @entity1 , but the general level of knowledge is very low. Notably, younger @entity1 were better informed than older ones. The present study, comprising a large number of @entity1 , revealed poor knowledge of @entity726 among @entity1 with the disease and especially among nonglaucoma @entity1 in @entity22128 .
