Will improvement of knowledge lead to improvement of compliance with glaucoma medication?

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 849-855

  Hoevenaars, Juliette G M M ^a   Schouten, Jan S A G ^a   Van Den Borne, Bart ^a   Beckers, Henny J M ^a   Webers, Carroll A B ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compliance; Glaucoma; Items on knowledge and need for information

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57449106506     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2007.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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