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What is Eyeglasses?

Correction for vision impairments.

Reasons used & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons used # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Vision 159 20
Vision loss 20 2
Other 14 2
vision 9 1
General health 6 3
Support another treatment 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
7 26%
None
20 74%

Most commonly reported side effects

EYE STRAIN
6 22%
Weight on nose
3 11%
Hard to Adjust eye direction to correct lense.
2 7%
looking different
1 4%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
2 100% Other: 100%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped using Eyeglasses

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Eyeglasses

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
5
21
17
128

How Long Patients Used Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
0
0
0
0

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
25 93%
Usually
2 7%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
1 4%
Somewhat
3 11%
A little
7 26%
Not at all
16 59%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
3 11%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 4%
< $25
6 22%

Report created on November 21, 2009.