ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Adherence to treatment in visually impaired individuals

Bikbov MM, Israfilova GZ, Gilmanshin TR, Zainullin RM, Yakupova EM
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Ufa Eye Research Institute, Ufa, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Gulnara Z. Israfilova
Pushkinа, 90, 450008, Ufa, Russia; ur.liam@aranlug_avolifarsi

About paper

Author contribution: Bikbov ММ — study concept and design, advising, editing; Israfilova GZ, Gilmanshin TR — data acquisition and processing, manuscript writing and editing.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Ufa Eye Research Institute and conducted in accordance with the fundamental ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, GСP (Good Clinical Practice) principles, and current regulatory requirements; the informed consent was submitted by all study participants.

Received: 2022-02-01 Accepted: 2022-02-15 Published online: 2022-02-22
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Fig. 1. Age distribution of respondents taking into account the source of information about cataracts
Fig. 2. Distribution of reasons for refusal of the cataract surgery
Table 1. Reasons preventing the cataract patients from ophthalmology visits
Table 2. Factors associated with the frequency of ophthalmology visits in patients with cataracts
Note: ß — regression coefficient; SE — standard error of the coefficient, W — Wald chi-square statistics, OR — odds ratio, 95% CI — two-sided 95% CI for OR.