Patient satisfaction with topical ocular hypotensives

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-35

  Kerr, Nathan M ^a   Patel, Hussain Y ^a   Chew, Shenton Sl ^a   Ali, Noor Q ^a   Eady, Elizabeth K ^a   Danesh Meyer, Helen V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Ocular hypertension; Patient satisfaction; Topical ocular hypotensives

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE INHIBITOR; MIOTIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRY EYE; DYSPNEA; EPIPHORA; EYE BURNING; EYE COLOR; EYE DISEASE; EYE REDNESS; EYELASH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GRITTINESS; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS NODE DISEASE; STICKINESS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT IMPACT PATIENT SATISFACTION SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84873090555     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02823.x     Document Type: Article

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