Evaluating Eye Drop Instillation Technique and Its Determinants in Glaucoma Patients

Table 2

Patients’ demographic, clinical characteristics (N = 113).

Item	Result
Demographic characteristics
Age (y), mean (SD)	56.53 (14.60)
Male sex, n (%)	62 (54.87)
Education level, n (%)
≤middle school	60 (53.10)
>middle school	53 (46.90)
Location, n (%)
Urban	85 (75.22)
Rural	28 (24.78)
Clinical characteristics
UCVA, n (%)
Good (≥6/12)	84 (74.34)
Intermediate (<6/12 and ≥6/18)	10 (8.85)
Poor (<6/18)	19 (16.81)
Visual field stage, n (%)
Early stage	42 (37.17)
Medium stage	29 (25.66)
Late stage	42 (37.17)
Number of local eye drops, n (%)
<4	62 (54.87)
4–6	51 (45.13)
Duration of using eye drops (y), n (%)
<1	108 (95.58)
1–5	5 (4.42)

SD: standard deviation; UCVA: uncorrected visual acuity. Use UCVA of the eye, which had better visual acuity in this item. Use visual field of the eye, which had better visual acuity in this item.