title: Compliance with postoperative cataract surgery care in an urban teaching hospital.
abstract: The quality of postoperative care received by patients undergoing resident-performed cataract surgery is not well described. In a retrospective chart review, this study investigated the prevalence and preoperative predictors of noncompliance with postoperative cataract surgery care in an urban teaching hospital. It found that one in four patients was noncompliant with cataract surgery postoperative care and that age 50 years or less was a key predictor of non-compliance.
authors.affiliation: third-year resident in the Ophthalmology Residency at Rhode Island Hospital/Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salter
authors.affiliation: medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: medical student at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology) at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Chief of Ophthalmology at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Associate Program Director of the Ophthalmology Residency at Rhode Island Hospital/Warren Alpert Medial School of Brown University.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Cataract surgery; compliance; postoperative care; resident