Patient characteristics in a tertiary glaucoma center. Circumstances of treatment and attitudes of patients;Profil einer universitären glaukomsprechstunde. Objektive behandlungsumstände und subjektive einstellungen der patienten

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 502-506

  Dietlein, T S ^a   Jordan, J ^a   Dinslage, S ^a   Jacobi, P C ^a   Krieglstein, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compliance; Disease education; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEOVASCULAR GLAUCOMA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, NEOVASCULAR; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 20044362606     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-004-1134-x     Document Type: Article

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