What do people with glaucoma know about their condition? A comparative cross-sectional incidence and prevalence survey

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Danesh Meyer, Helen V ^a   Deva, Narme C ^a   Slight, Carol ^b   Tan, Yu Wee ^a   Tarr, Ken ^c   Carroll, Stuart C ^a   Gamble, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c Southern Eye Specialists   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Knowledge; Misconception; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 39649110844     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01624.x     Document Type: Article

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