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Original Article

Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Published: Nov 15, 2020 | Pages: 22 - 26 | DOI: 10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma

Authors: Abdulwahab AlThib , Rajiv Khandekar , Deepak Edward

Article Info

Authors

Abdulwahab AlThib

Research Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Rajiv Khandekar

Research Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ORCID

Deepak Edward

Research Department, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, & Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

ORCID

Publication History

Received: September 07, 2020

Revised: October 21, 2020

Accepted: October 28, 2020

Published: November 15, 2020

Abstract

Background: Primary prevention of primary congenital glaucoma (PCG) includes improving families of children with PGC. We evaluated the level of knowledge and attitudes of parents of children on PCG in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This was a personal interview-based survey of parents of children with PCG at a tertiary eye hospital in Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted in 2018. A close-ended questionnaire in Arabic was used. Demographic data were collected on the children and parents. Clinical data on PCG were collected from electronic case records. Five questions each on knowledge and attitudes toward genetic counseling were queried. A Likert-type scale was used to collect the responses. Rasch analysis was carried out for knowledge and attitudes. The score was correlated with demographics and clinical determinants. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The study sample comprised 60 participants. The median Rasch score for knowledge on genetic counseling for PCG was -4.57 [interquartile range (IQR) -7.28; -1.0]. The median Rasch score for attitudes toward genetic counseling for PCG was -8.9 (IQR -11.6: -5.9). Parents with more than one family member with PCG had a significantly higher knowledge than those with one family member with PCG (p = 0.007). Knowledge of etiology and genetic counseling was significantly better if the child had residual vision amenable to low vision care (p < 0.001). The Rasch scores for knowledge and attitude were positively correlated (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Knowledge of the cause of PCG and genetic counseling was high among parents. The positive attitude toward genetic counseling could be useful for the primary prevention of CG in Saudi Arabia.

Keywords: Primary congenital glaucoma, genetic counseling, prevention, etiology, birth defects

Pubmed Style

Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward. Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma. JBC Genetics. 2020; 15 (November 2020): 22-26. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

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Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward. Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma. https://www.jbcgenetics.com/index.php/articles/2125 [Access: April 27, 2025]. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

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Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward. Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma. JBC Genetics. (2020), [cited April 27, 2025]; 15 (November 2020): 22-26. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

Harvard Style

Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward (2020) Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma. JBC Genetics, 15 (November 2020): 22-26. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

Chicago Style

Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward. "Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma." 15 (2020), 22-26. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward. "Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma." 15.November 2020 (2020), 22-26. Print. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Abdulwahab AlThib, Rajiv Khandekar, Deepak Edward (2020) Knowledge and attitudes regarding etiology and genetic counseling among Saudi children with primary congenital glaucoma. , 15 (November 2020), 22-26. doi:10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1599478278