Personality Characteristics and Compliance With Antiglaucoma Medication (GDC)

Yonsei University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Glaucoma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00481494

4-2007-0092

Details and patient eligibility

About

Personality traits may influence to the drug compliance in glaucoma patients.

Full description

In chronic diseases, especially asymptomatic at early stage, drug compliance has been reported as an important factor to control them. And personality traits are associated with the drug compliance. However, there was few study to consider this relationship. We want to find the association the personality characteristics and drug compliance in glaucoma patients.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic glaucoma
• Topical anti-glaucoma medications

Exclusion criteria

• Oral glaucoma medications