Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Eye Health Among Madrasa Students in Multan Pakistan

Abstract

Eye health is a key element of the health and wellbeing of students. The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of madrasas students of Multan, Pakistan, in eye health. A cross-sectional analytical study was done on 384 students of Madrasas ranging from 10 to 25 years of age. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and IBM SPSS Statistics version 25 for analysis. Descriptive statistics and Pearson's chi-square test were used. A p value of < 0.05 was deemed to be significant. A total of 384 Students participated in the study, with 77.3% male and 22.7% female. The mean age was 18.58 ± 2.74 years. The mean knowledge percentage score was 49.00% (SD = 16.12), while the mean attitude and practice percentage scores were 73.81% (SD = 24.14) and 68.34% (SD = 20.45), respectively. Overall, 51.3% of respondents had moderate knowledge, regarding eye health. In addition, 58.9% had a positive attitude toward eye care. The chi-square analysis showed that there were statistically significant association between gender and attitude (p = 0.005), gender and practice (p < 0.001), educational class and attitude (p = 0.003) and educational class and knowledge (p = 0.009). But the relationships between gender and knowledge (p = 0.070) and educational class and practice (p = 0.069) were not statistically significant.