Glaucoma awareness, anxiety and its impact on patients undergoing visual field testing and optical coherence tomography.

Purpose: To assess the effect of Glaucoma awareness, knowledge, and anxiety on patients under visual field analysis by Humphrey's visual field analyzer (HFA) and optical coherence tomography(OCT).

Methods: This prospective comparative cohort study included glaucoma patients undergoing HFA (Group A)( = 150) and OCT(Group B) ( = 150). Each group consisted of 75 newly diagnosed patients and 75 patients who were on follow-up.