A gap analysis approach to assess patient persistence with glaucoma medication.

Purpose: To develop an alternative method for analysis of patient persistence with prescribed medications using the prostaglandin class of intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering drugs as a model.

Design: A retrospective study of prescription refill patterns.

Methods: Patients with a pharmacy claim for a 2.

Evaluation of quality of life for patients with glaucoma.

Purpose: To understand the impact of glaucoma on ability to function and on quality of life to guide therapeutic choices and strategies for improved adherence to therapeutic regimens and to suggest alterations to environments to help the patient to cope better with the effects of the disease.

Design: Review of the published literature on quality-of-life assessments of patients with glaucoma.

Methods: The published literature on quality-of-life impacts of glaucoma was reviewed with a focus on the design and evolution of quality-of-life instruments, correlations of responses with objective measures of disease progression, and insights that were gained from the analyses of results.

Effects of foot-pedal positions by inexperienced cyclists at the highest aerobic level.

The purpose of this study was to assess whether the platform foot-pedal position affected maximal oxygen intake (VO2 max) at the highest aerobic demand in cycling. 21 inexperienced cyclists completed two exercise tests, one in the "normal" platform foot-pedal position and the other in the Biopedal forefoot varus foot-pedal position, cycling on an exercise ergometer. The time between tests ranged from 1 to 3 days depending on the subject's reported fatigue and muscle soreness.