Compliance amongst contact lens wearers: Comprehension skills and reinforcement with written instructions

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Cardona, Geńs ^a   Llovet, Ingrid ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Care and maintenance; Contact lens; Contact lens complications; Frequent replacement; Oral versus written instructions; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTACT LENS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 2342417671     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(04)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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