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Glaucoma awareness among the\u202ffirst degree relatives was also assessed.\u00a0 \u00a0\nMaterials and methods: A\u202f cross sectional hospital based study was designed to examine and diagnose glaucoma among first degree relatives of patients with POAG and PACG, attending the outpatient department at\u202fRamlal\u202fGolchha\u202fEye Hospital in the Eastern region of Nepal from June 2016 to May 2017. A comprehensive eye examination was conducted by a glaucoma specialist at the hospital. All subjects underwent vision screening, refraction, slit lamp\u202fbiomicroscopy, intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, gonioscopy and a dilated fundus examination. All glaucoma suspects and\u202fthose diagnosed with\u202fglaucoma were enrolled for visual field examination.Results: \u202fTwo hundred and twenty-seven first degree relatives of 72 patients were invited for the examination. Out of 227 individuals, 131\u202f(males\u202f67.94%, females 32.06%)\u202fagreed to participate in the study.\u202fA total of 23 (17.56%)\u00a0individuals were diagnosed with glaucoma, 10 (43.47%) as POAG and 13 (56.52%) as PACG. Fourteen percent of parents, 22% of siblings and 9% of off-springs had open angle glaucoma. Among 13 PACG participants, 26.08% of parents, 26.08% of siblings and 4.34% of off-springs had angle closure glaucoma. Awareness among first degree relatives diagnosed with glaucoma was 21.74%.\n\u00a0Conclusion: \u202fThe prevalence of glaucoma among first degree relatives of\u202fglaucoma patients was higher than individuals without family history of glaucoma. Promoting awareness on glaucoma and the timely screening of family members can lead to early detection and prevention of blindness from the disease.\u202f\u00a0<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3126\/nepjoph.v13i2.34673","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,18]],"date-time":"2021-11-18T04:44:41Z","timestamp":1637210681000},"page":"128-136","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Glaucoma Screening in Family Members of Glaucoma Patients at a Tertiary Eye Hospital in Eastern Region of Nepal"],"prefix":"10.3126","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ravi Dhar","family":"Bhandari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bandana","family":"Khanal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5334-6724","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manish","family":"Poudel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohan Krishna","family":"Shrestha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suman Shamsher","family":"Thapa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1670","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,26]]},"container-title":["Nepalese Journal of Ophthalmology"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.nepjol.info\/index.php\/NEPJOPH\/article\/download\/34673\/31083","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.nepjol.info\/index.php\/NEPJOPH\/article\/download\/34673\/31083","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,11,2]],"date-time":"2026-11-02T07:11:41Z","timestamp":1793603501000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.nepjol.info\/index.php\/NEPJOPH\/article\/view\/34673"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,26]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,11]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3126\/nepjoph.v13i2.34673","relation":{},"ISSN":["2091-0320","2072-6805"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2091-0320","type":"electronic"},{"value":"2072-6805","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,26]]}}}