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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
Blurred Vision 11 1
Other 5 0
General health 5 1
Support another treatment 3 1

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
3 100%

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

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
0
0
7
3
14

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
2 67%
Usually
1 33%
Sometimes
0 0%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 33%
Not at all
2 67%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 33%

Report created on November 21, 2009.