A previous study has shown that 55.2% of asplenic patients had poor awareness of the risks of splenectomy, and only 1.4% of aware patients developed OPSI compared to 16.5% of patients with poor knowledge of OPSI risks [ 15].
Young adults, especially those with low incomes who will qualify for financial assistance, have poor awareness of health insurance options that will be available under President Barack Obama's health care reform law, according to survey findings published Wednesday that underscore the challenges facing Obamacare.
The majority of patients (83 %) had poor awareness about glaucoma and how it is treated.
Furthermore, MSMs have poor awareness of the epidemiological trend of AIDS/STI that makes them more vulnerable to such diseases.
Many participants did not recognize symptoms of emergency situations and had poor awareness of drug interactions, particularly regarding over the counter medication (OTC) and other factors influencing the effects of oral anticoagulants.
A study designed to assess understanding of CV risk by patients recently diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome treated at primary care centres showed that participants had poor awareness of their CV risk and almost half thought they had good or excellent health [ 14].
The reason why the number of older adults and proportion of older adults living with HIV has increased might be that the sexual desires of older men often could not be satisfied by their wives, so they tend to seek commercial sex, and being poorly educated, peasants have poor awareness of self-protection.
In contrast, studies from India and Ethiopia report that most people have poor awareness of glaucoma in the community (42, 43), possibly due to differences in study design as both above studies conducted face-to-face interview in contrast to our FGDs.
Participants in the farming industry had poorer awareness of HIV and HBV, while students and factory workers knew little of TB.
Patients presenting to rural outreach clinics had poorer awareness of cataract, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, night blindness and trachoma compared to those from a semi-urban community and an urban eye hospital (p<0.05), Old age was directly associated with poorer awareness of cataract, glaucoma, night blindness, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy (p<0.05).
