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VOLUME 17 , ISSUE 3 ( July-September, 2023 ) > List of Articles

Original Article

The Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Glaucoma Education on Patient Knowledge and Compliance Motivation Levels: A 1-year Prospective Case Series

James J Sng, Bryan C H Ang, Wai Cheng Soo Hoo, Angela P H Lim, Hwei Yee Teo, Leonard W L Yip

Keywords : Compliance motivation, Glaucoma, Knowledge, Patient education

Citation Information : Sng JJ, Ang BC, Hoo WC, Lim AP, Teo HY, Yip LW. The Effectiveness of a Nurse-led Glaucoma Education on Patient Knowledge and Compliance Motivation Levels: A 1-year Prospective Case Series. J Curr Glaucoma Pract 2023; 17 (3):149-156.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10078-1418

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 11-10-2023

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2023; The Author(s).


Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of a nurse-led glaucoma education program on patient knowledge and compliance levels in an Asian population. Materials and Methods: A 1-year prospective case series involving 69 adult glaucoma patients. Each patient attended a standardized nurse-led glaucoma education session. A questionnaire was administered by a single nurse-clinician and analyzed at three time points (preeducation for baseline, immediately posteducation, and at the 1-year follow-up) to evaluate for associations with patient knowledge and compliance motivation levels. Results: A total of 64 patients were included in the final analysis. Patients with higher educational qualifications or who were employed had better baseline knowledge of glaucoma. Younger patients had higher baseline compliance motivation levels. Immediately posteducation, both median patient knowledge score and compliance motivation levels had a statistically significant increase. Patients on more glaucoma eye drops had greater immediate improvement in confidence in eye drop application. Patients with more positive Humphrey visual field mean deviation values had a greater immediate improvement in confidence in their understanding of glaucoma. A total of 34 patients were readministered the questionnaire at the 1-year time point. Median score for patient knowledge was highest at this point. Employed patients demonstrated better patient knowledge at baseline and at 1-year time point compared to unemployed patients. Unemployed patients experienced a significant improvement in scores from baseline to immediately posteducation, but improvement from immediately posteducation to the 1-year time point was insignificant was insignificant. Conclusion: Our study has examined the effectiveness of a nurse-led glaucoma education program in an Asian population, demonstrating improvement in both patient knowledge and compliance motivation levels up to 1 year after intervention.

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