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Improving adherence to glaucoma medication: a randomised controlled trial of a patient-centred intervention (The Norwich Adherence Glaucoma Study)

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Title
Improving adherence to glaucoma medication: a randomised controlled trial of a patient-centred intervention (The Norwich Adherence Glaucoma Study)
Published in
BMC Ophthalmology, March 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2415-14-32
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Authors

Heidi Cate, Debi Bhattacharya, Allan Clark, Richard Fordham, Richard Holland, David C Broadway

Abstract

Improving adherence to ocular hypertension (OH)/glaucoma therapy is highly likely to prevent or reduce progression of optic nerve damage. The present study used a behaviour change counselling intervention to determine whether education and support was beneficial and cost-effective in improving adherence with glaucoma therapy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 180 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 23 13%
Student > Postgraduate 22 12%
Student > Master 22 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 11%
Student > Bachelor 16 9%
Other 38 21%
Unknown 42 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 69 38%
Nursing and Health Professions 18 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 12 7%
Social Sciences 10 5%
Psychology 4 2%
Other 14 8%
Unknown 56 31%