Research Article

Analysis of Factors Affecting Patients’ Compliance to Topical Antiglaucoma Medications in Egypt as a Developing Country Model

Table 3

Effect of basic knowledge of glaucoma disease on compliance to antiglaucoma medication.

Knowledge about diseaseComplianceTotal
NoYes

High IOP/optic atrophy1 (0.4%)16 (7.8%)17 (3.9%)
High IOP97 (41.1%)127 (62.3%)224 (50.9%)
High IOP/blue eye2 (0.8%)0 2 (0.5%)
Blue eye6 (2.5%)4 (2%)10 (2.3%)
None127 (53.8%)55 (27%)182 (41.4%)

Total236 (53.6%)204 (46.4%)440