Patient education in glaucoma: what do patients know about glaucoma? Educação de pacientes sobre glaucoma: o que os pacientes sabem sobre glaucoma?

PURPOSE: To evaluate the knowledge glaucoma patients have about their disease and its treatment. METHODS: One hundred and eighty-three patients were interviewed at the Glaucoma Service of Wills Eye Hospital (Philadelphia, USA, Group 1) and 100 at the Glaucoma Service of University of Campinas (Campi...

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Main Authors: Vital Paulino Costa, George L. Spaeth, Maura Smith, Cordelia Uddoh, José Paulo Cabral Vasconcellos, Newton Kara-José
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2006-12-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492006000600024