Compliance
with Treatment of Glaucoma Patients
Skowrat Kunawisarut
MD.
Sukhuma
Warrasak MD
Ataya Euswas MD
Pongsak Pachimkul MD
Department of
Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
Excerpt from the article
Success
in medical treatment of glaucoma pa tients depends on regularly use of the
antiglauco matous drugs to reduce the intraocular pressure to a level that
will safely preserve the optic nerve fiber. Patient co-operation
in this matter re quires several factors to accomplish good com pliance.
Related to the drug itself, concentration, prescription, side effect and
number of total regimens might take some part. Moreover, knowledge on illness
and good understanding in the necessity of treatment may play some roles
in contributing to better compliance.
The purpose
of this study is to find factors which contribute to poor compliance to
find out the practical ways of improving effectiveness in medical treatment
of glaucoma patients.
Thai J Ophthalmol 1987; 1(1): 8
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