Improving compliance with glaucoma eye-drop treatment.
Many older patients attending ophthalmic out-patient clinics have been prescribed eye drops for long-term use to treat glaucoma but do not continue with their treatment. This review looks at chronic simple glaucoma, the problems of compliance with long-term medical treatment in older people and the current and future treatment of glaucoma. Recommendations are made on the nurses' role in supporting these patients.
Cooper
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D000368:Aged; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic