An exploratory study of compliance to anti-glaucoma medications among literate primary glaucoma patients at an urban tertiary eye care center in South India.

Purpose: To understand the factors that explain compliance to anti-glaucoma medication (AGM) in terms of application,purchase, stocking and compliance behaviour.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in the outpatient department of an urban tertiary eye care center in South India. Interviews were completed with consenting, consecutive, literate primary glaucoma patients.

The impact of visual impairment on functional vision of children in rural South India: the Kariapatti Pediatric Eye Evaluation Project.

Purpose: To determine the impact of visual impairment on functional vision of children in a rural population of south India.

Methods: A visual function questionnaire (LVP-VFQ) was administered to 1194 children aged 7 to 15 years identified through a systematic random sampling technique from 144 hamlets of Kariapatti in rural south India as part of a larger population-based project. Visual acuity estimations and clinical examinations for morbidity were performed in these 1194 children.