AIM: To investigate the influencing factors related to the public awareness of glaucoma in 1 091 people in a health screening center of general hospital in Shenzhen.

METHODS: A total of 1 091 people were interviewed in the Health Screening Center of Peking University Shenzhen Hospital using a self-designed questionnaire. Chi-squared test and binary logistic regression were used to analyze the public awareness of glaucoma and the influencing factors and their extents.

RESULTS: Influencing factors of the awareness of glaucoma included level of education, monthly income, medical insurance, working experience in healthcare system and myopia(Chi-squared test, P<0.05). In contrast, we found no correlation between the awareness of glaucoma and age, gender and systemic disease(P>0.05). Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of the awareness of glaucoma and it was found that working experience in healthcare system and level of education had statistical significance(P<0.05).

CONCLUSION: People who have working experience in the healthcare system, higher level of education, those who have medical insurance, higher monthly income and myopia have better recognition of the disease. Medical staffs should strengthened the glaucoma knowledge education for the public, especially for those who have lower monthly income, systemic disease, no medical insurance, and the people who have positive personal or family history of glaucoma.