Factors Affecting Follow-Up Adherence of Glaucoma Patients.

Purpose: The objective of our study is to understand the factors associated with non-adherence to the physician's follow-up advice by persons with glaucoma.

Methods: We use a four-year panel dataset containing demographic, clinical, and intervention details and doctor's advised follow-up date for a random sample of 2,622 glaucoma patients from an Indian tertiary eye care hospital. We model this unique "advised follow-up date" in multivariate logistic regressions to identify factors associated with patients' coming early or late as against on-time.