Barriers to acceptance of intervention among patients with trachomatous trichiasis or entropion presenting to a teaching hospital

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-58

  Nagpal, Gaurav ^a   Dhaliwal, Upreet ^a,b   Bhatia, Manjeet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b A 61   (India)

Author keywords

Entropion; Healthcare utilization; India; Ocular surgery; Trachoma; Trichiasis; Underdeveloped countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENTROPION; EXPERIENCE; EYE SURGERY; FEAR; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTROPION; EYELASHES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644761804     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580500428518     Document Type: Article

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