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. 2020 Feb 2;12(2):e6847. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6847

Table 4. Adherence with glaucoma medication among adult Saudi glaucoma patients as compared to other studies.

  Author Year Sample size Adherence rate Notes Reference
1 Khandekar R 2005 105 25% compliance Poor KAP as a cause 9
2 Osman EA 2016 108 81.6% Duration of medication and barrier 10
3 Masouri K 2011 200 81% Glaucoma patients in Switzerland 12
4 Mehri T 2016 359 42.6% Cost, education level and barriers 13
5 Newman Casey 2015 1234 23% after 4 years Duration, age, and cost barriers 11
6 Cohen Costel O 2014 738 71% Duration, age, and barriers 14
7 Boland MV 2014 407 82.8% Objective method, 3 months after the start of medication 15
8 Lunnela J 2011 249 67% Finish glaucoma patients 16
9 Movahedinejad T 2016 130 34% Education, rural patients barrier 17
10 Jiang H 2017 156 53.2 Complex medications barrier 18