Aim: To assess the awareness among glaucoma patients at Upper Egypt Governorate hospitals.
Research design: Descriptive cross sectional research design was used in this study Setting: The study was conducted in ophthalmology outpatient clinics (male & female) at Assiut University Hospital & Al-rmad Hospi-tal, Elmina and Sohag Governorate.
Subjects: The sample of this study total coverage of glaucoma patients included (1000), the researcher taking the sample during one yea r, this sample aged 50 years and above.
Tool of study: One tool was used in this study include three parts, part I: patient demographic characteristics, part II: medical data, part III: knowledge about risk factors and self-practice regard glaucoma.
Results: The most of patients age ranged between 60:80 year, nearly three quarter (74.6%) of them were females, and 80% of them comes from urban areas. The majority of studied sample (84.5%) unaware about glaucoma disease and show statistical significant differ-ence between awareness of them and their education, P≤0.05. Also, there was no significant difference between knowledge of studied sample and their residence.
Conclusion: The majority of glaucoma patients complain from poor of knowledge & practice.
Recommendation: Design & implement of health educational program about glaucoma are needed to improve patient knowledge & practice regard glaucoma.