关于巴西患者坚持青光眼医学治疗的观点
Julia da Costa Andrade1, Guilherme Samomiya Motta1, Niro Kasahara2,3
1Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Rua Sao Mauro, 292, Sao Paulo, SP, 02526-050, Brazil.
Pharmaceutical medicine
|June 8, 2023
概括
巴西的玻璃眼患者经常忘记服用药物或错过剂量,突出了无意的坚持障碍. 改善患者教育和支持对于眼部低血压治疗中更好的治疗结果至关重要.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物坚持研究 药物坚持研究
背景情况:
- 缺乏对青光眼的药物治疗方案的坚持,可能导致视神经受损和不可逆转的视力丧失.
- 低收入和中等收入国家的有效患者遵守的障碍尚未完全理解.
- 已经开发出新的疾病特异性仪器来评估青光眼的药物坚持性.
研究的目的:
- 评估中等收入国家的初级开角青光眼 (POAG) 患者的治疗坚持程度.
- 确定影响巴西POAG患者药物坚持的特定行为因素.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及巴西圣保罗96名POAG患者的横截面研究.
- 利用眼治疗合规性评估工具 (GTCAT),一个27项调查问卷,以评估坚持.
- 从电子病历收集的临床和人口统计数据.
主要成果:
- 很大一部分患者报告忘记使用滴剂 (71.8%) 或因入睡而错过剂量 (70.8%).
- 许多患者 (62.5%) 在需要时缺少眼滴.
- 大多数 (85.4%) 使用提醒,大多数人对医生的沟通和护理表示满意.
结论:
- 在巴西的POAG患者中,GTCAT确定了一些影响药物坚持的非故意因素.
- 这些发现强调了需要有针对性的策略,以改善这种人群对眼部低血压治疗的坚持.
- 了解这些障碍是预防与绿眼相关的视力损失的关键.
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