Table 2 Correlations between the gender, age and education level of the participants and the change in scores for the four eye diseases in the pre- and post-workshop tests (N = 377)

Gender

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

-

-

-

-

-

-

p-value

-

-

-

-

-

-

Age

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

-0.019

[-0.119 to 0.082]

-

-

-

-

-

p-value

0.7173

-

-

-

-

-

Education Level

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

0.179

[0.077 to 0.277]

-0.463

[-0.540 to -0.378]

-

-

-

-

p-value

0.0006

< 0.0001

-

-

-

-

Change in score (AMD)

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

0.054

[-0.470 to 0.154]

-0.083

[-0.183 to 0.018]

0.034

[-0.070 to 0.137]

-

-

-

p-value

0.2942

0.1065

0.5219

-

-

-

Change in score (Cataract)

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

0.047

[-0.055 to 0.147]

-0.058

[-0.158 to 0.044]

0.001

[-0.103 to 0.104]

0.170

[0.071 to 0.267]

-

-

p-value

0.3669

0.2645

0.9921

0.0009

-

-

Change in score (Glaucoma)

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

0.056

[-0.045 to 0.156]

-0.209

[-0.304 to -0.110]

0.135

[0.032 to 0.235]

0.247

[0.150 to 0.340]

0.269

[0.173 to 0.360]

-

p-value

0.2796

< 0.0001

0.0103

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

-

Change in score (DR)

Pearson correlation coefficient [95% CI]

0.146

[0.045 to 0.243]

-0.222

[-0.316 to -0.124]

0.223

[0.122 to 0.319]

0.123

[0.022 to 0.221]

0.139

[0.039 to 0.237]

0.322

[0.228 to 0.409]

p-value

0.0046

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0172

0.0069

< 0.0001