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Introduction: Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness and the second leading cause of blindness in general. Early detection and timely treatment help reduce the progression of the disease, indirectly limit the economic burden and ensure the quality of life for patients. Currently, access to glaucoma prevention medical services is difficult in developing countries due to limited access to eye care facilities. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of interventions to increase the access to glaucoma services of people over 40 years old in Hue city. Methods: Applied the study design for community intervention with the comparison between intervened and control groups. Results: Our intervention approach included 3 groups of activities: active communication to change behaviors, medical staff training to improve knowledge and practice, treatment and management for glaucoma patients, suspected glaucoma cases or those at risk factors for glaucoma. Results showed that, in the intervention group, the percentage of people with good knowledge increased from 2.5% to 49.1%, good attitude increased from 3.4% to 51.6%, good practice increased from 2.3% to 46.3%. Regarding the improvement of access to glaucoma services, the proportion of people having annual eye exams increased from 30.7% to 49.9%, the figure for having glaucoma screening increased from 26.9% to 59.0%, proportion of those who were glaucoma patients, suspected and at risk with glaucoma that regularly monitored is 90.8%, percentage of those completely followed medication used instruction is 60%. In terms of the effective of the intervention program, the change in glaucoma good practice is 43.2%, the change in having annual eye examination is 46.7%, and the change in having glaucoma screening is 57.7%. Ability to access glaucoma screening services increased by 8 (95%CI: 5.31-12.04, p

Introduction: Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness. 90% of patients do not know they have glaucoma in developing countries. One barrier preventing patients from accessing medical services for glaucoma is the limited knowledge, attitude, and practice about this disease. This requires further studies on knowledge, attitude, and practice about glaucoma, which serve as a basis solutions to improve service access. Objectives: 1) To describe the knowledge, attitude, the practice of glaucoma in persons over 40 years old in Hue city. 2) To find out some factors related to the knowledge, attitude, practice about glaucoma Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional method was conducted on 2.025 people over 40 years old in 27 wards of Hue city. Results: Good knowledge is accounted for 2.5%, positive attitude is accounted for 3.7%, a good practice is accounted for 2.5%. There was an association with statistical significance (p

Introduction: Glaucoma is a common eye disease that is quite dangerous to public health as one of the major causes of permanent blindness. Although glaucoma can be prevented, most glaucoma patients are underdiagnosed. It’s require a screening system to help patients detect glaucoma and treat it promptly. Objective: 1) To describe the glaucoma situation of person over 40 years old in Hue city. 2) To find out some factors related to glaucoma at study sites. Methods: A desciptive cross-sectional method was conducted with 2025 people over 40 years old in 27 wards of Hue city. Results: The percentage of glaucoma is 4.7%, with closed glaucoma accounting for 55.2%, with 9.1% of people suspected of glaucoma. The percentage of glaucoma patients suffering from blindness was 21.7%. There was an association between glaucoma and age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, family history of glaucoma, previous history of ocular surgery. Conclusions: The percentage of glaucoma is 4.7%, blindness is 21.7%, glaucoma is related to age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, family history of glaucoma, preoperative eye surgery. Key words: Glaucoma, people over 40 years old