Readability of prescription labels and medication recall in a population of tertiary referral glaucoma patients

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 849-854

  O'Hare, Fleur ^a,c   Jeganathan, V Swetha E ^a,b   Rokahr, Catherine G ^c   Rogers, Sophie L ^a   Crowston, Jonathan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Eye drops; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Patient non adherence

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS; LATANOPROST PLUS TIMOLOL; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RECALL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING;

EID: 73649089673     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02184.x     Document Type: Article

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