Factors affecting compliance with eye drop therapy for glaucoma in a multicultural outpatient setting

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-128

  Curtis, Cheryl ^a   Lo, Eva ^a   Ooi, Linda ^a   Bennett, Lydia ^b   Long, Janet ^a  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Macquarie Street Sydney CBD and Hunters Hill ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Compliance; Glaucoma; Multicultural; Nursing; Ophthalmology; Outpatient

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651015856     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.673.31.2.121     Document Type: Article

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