Table 4.

Change in Eye Drop Technique at 4- to 6 Week Visit and 8-Month Follow-Up Visit.

	4- to 6-week technique, % (N)			8-month technique, % (N)
	Worse	No change	Improved	Worse	No change	Improved
Patient tilts head back while sitting, standing, or lying down
Educated at previous visit	0 (0)	100 (66)	0 (0)	3 (1)	100 (29)	0 (0)
Not educated at previous visit	2 (3)	98 (166)	0 (0)	2 (3)	98 (179)	0 (0)
Patient directs bottle toward eye
Educated at previous visit	0 (0)	100 (67)	0 (0)	0 (0)	100 (30)	0 (0)
Not educated at previous visit	0 (0)	100 (170)	0 (0)	0 (0)	100 (185)	0 (0)
Patient squeezes bottle to produce a single drop
Educated at previous visit	6 (2)	88 (28)	3 (2)	0 (0)	94 (15)	6 (1)
Not educated at previous visit	1 (1)	99 (83)	0 (0)	2 (2)	98 (101)	0 (0)
Drop lands in eye on first attempt
Educated at previous visit	2 (1)	94 (59)	5 (3)	10 (3)	86 (25)	3 (1)
Not educated at previous visit	4 (7)	90 (147)	6 (9)	6 (10)	89 (158)	6 (10)
Patient instills a single drop
Educated at previous visit	14 (5)	58 (21)	28 (10)	19 (3)	81 (13)	0 (0)
Not educated at previous visit	16 (19)	70 (83)	14 (16)	10 (13)	74 (98)	16 (21)
Patient touches any part of eye or face with bottle
Educated at previous visit	13 (5)	74 (28)	13 (5)	3 (1)	75 (18)	21 (5)
Not educated at previous visit	11 (15)	76 (104)	9 (18)	7 (15)	76 (117)	15 (23)
Patient performs nasolacrimal occlusion
Educated at previous visit	2 (1)	94 (63)	5 (3)	0 (0)	97 (29)	3 (1)
Not educated at previous visit	2 (4)	83 (161)	2 (4)	3 (5)	97 (179)	1 (1)

Note. Changes in technique scores were calculated listwise; due to unclear videotapes, numbers vary by step.