PRACTICAL PROBLEMS WITH EYE-DROPS AMONG ELDERLY OPHTHALMOLOGY OUTPATIENTS
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS WITH EYE-DROPS AMONG ELDERLY OPHTHALMOLOGY OUTPATIENTS
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DOI：
10.1093/ageing/21.3.168
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发表时间：
1992-05-01
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影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
MULLEY, GP
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作者：
BURNS, E;MULLEY, GP
许多老年病人都开了眼药水。 我们研究了43名年龄在75岁或以上的连续门诊患者的滴眼液应用能力，他们完成了一份问卷，并展示了他们的滴眼液应用技术。 不到三分之一的患者自己使用滴剂，其余的依赖他人;这组中有三分之一的人独自生活。 大多数患者在滴眼液时遇到一些困难，据估计，通常自行滴眼液的患者中有一半不太可能成功滴入结膜囊。 很少有病人被规定的援助或器具，以改善他们的滴眼液应用技术。
Many elderly patients have eye-drops prescribed. We have examined the abilities in eye drop application of 43 consecutive outpatients aged 75 years or more who completed a questionnaire and demonstrated their technique in eye-drop application. Less than one-third of patients applied drops themselves, the rest relying on others; one-third of this group lived alone. The majority of patients experienced some difficulty with the application of their drops and it was estimated that half of those who usually applied their own treatment were unlikely to succeed in instilling a drop into the conjunctival sac. Few patients had been prescribed aids or appliances to improve their eye-drop application technique.