[Patient compliance as a function of type of management and age]

For the medical monitoring of selected groups of patients to be successful, it is necessary that the patients concerned cooperate in every respect. Our studies have showen that compliance was best (82 per cent) in the case of those locked after in their homes. Groups of specially selected patients came next with just under 80 per cent. Cooperation was least satisfactory (33 per cent) among those who were not given a definite appointment.