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This study identified four distinct medication adherence patterns in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients. Understanding these patterns, like declining adherence, can help identify individuals at risk for glaucoma progression.

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  • Public Health
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Medication adherence is crucial for managing primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).
  • Identifying adherence patterns can help predict disease progression and inform treatment strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify distinct medication adherence trajectories in patients with POAG.
  • To determine factors associated with different adherence patterns.

Main Methods:

  • Prospective cohort study of 72 POAG patients prescribed hypotensive eye drops.
  • Medication adherence data collected over 52 weeks using Medication Event Monitoring Systems.
  • Group-based trajectory modeling used to identify adherence patterns, with illness perception and race as covariates.

Main Results:

  • A 4-group model was optimal, revealing near-perfect (51.8%), good (23.2%), declining (18.1%), and poor (6.9%) adherence trajectories.
  • Higher illness perception scores were associated with lower probabilities of good and declining adherence.

Conclusions:

  • Distinct medication adherence patterns exist in POAG patients.
  • Identifying patients with declining adherence is important for preventing glaucoma progression.
  • Further research into clinical characteristics can help identify at-risk patients.