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Adapted Motivational Interviewing to improve uptake of glaucoma treatment in Bauchi, Nigeria
2017-01-01
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Background: Glaucoma is a major cause of irreversible blindness in Africa due to its high prevalence, early age of onset and aggressive course. Patients often present very late and have poor awareness and limited access to services with limited treatment options to lower the intraocular pressure. When treatment is available there is often poor acceptance of surgery, the preferred treatment in Africa. To prevent bl...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ee0a5dfb-1639-57b1-b395-e338c40313dd
- DOI
- 10.17037/pubs.04468919