Patient acceptance and attitude toward an alternative method of subconjunctival injection for the medical treatment of glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-194

  Chong, Rachel S ^a   Su, Daniel H W ^a   Tsai, Andrew ^a   Jiang, Yuzhen ^a,c   Htoon, Hla Myint ^a   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,d   Aung, Tin ^a   Wong, Tina T ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Glaucoma medication; Subconjunctival injection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONJUNCTIVA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874936344     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318237c6c4     Document Type: Article

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