The Effect of Education on Patient Compliance

The Effect of Patient Education on Glaucoma Medication Compliance

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00376974

Enrollment

Registered

2006-09-15

Start date

2005-03-31

Completion date

2006-05-31

Last updated

2006-09-15

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Conditions

Glaucoma

Keywords

glaucoma, compliance, intraocular pressure, video

Brief summary

With patient education, the compliance with glaucoma medications will increase.

Detailed description

We divided glaucoma patients into two groups; one watched a video the others did not. We checked their intraocular pressures before and after the intervention to see if there was a difference

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology Glaucoma Educational Tape

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

ECT

Masking

SINGLE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

40 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Glaucoma patients coming in for routine examination

Exclusion criteria

* If glaucoma was unstable and treatment regimen required a change

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Intraocular pressure	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Score on glaucoma educational test	—

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026