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 |