Table 1: Educational Interventions to Improve Glaucoma Medication Adherence according to titles and years.

RCT studies using Electronic adherence measurement :2009-2014 Author Study setting & sample size Intervention type Study quality
1. Interventions improving poor adherence(2009) Okeke et al Glaucoma clinic
Total:66 glaucoma
Video,reminder phone call and Counselling Jadad:5/5
2. Adherence to glaucoma medication(2013 Lim et al Academic center:80pts Automated reminder &educational sessions Jadad:5/5
3. Automated Telecommunicated-based reminders (2014) Boland, et al Glaucoma clinic:491 pts Text messages using personal health record Jadad:5/5
4. Improving adherence to glaucoma medication(2014) Cate et al Glaucoma clinic:208Pts Behavioral counselling and motivational l support by glaucoma support assistants Jadad:5/5
5. Adherence improvement in Dutch glaucoma patients(2014) Becker et al Hospital:805pts 4 types(1)Travel Alert dosing aid,(2) patient education,(3)TravAlert aye drop guider and combination of both. Jadad:5/5
RCT studies using pharmacy refill, self report, data chart
2011-2016
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1.Effectiveness and Cost of a personalized Reminder Intervention(2016) Pizzi,et al Hospital:256 glaucoma pts Personal call and Customized letter Jadad:5/5
2.Motivational Interviewing or reminders for glaucoma(2016) Cook, et al University clinic:201pts Motivational interview, reminder call,MEMs bottle Jadad:4/5
3. Impact of a brief educational intervention on glaucoma(2015) Djafari et al, Hospital :165 glaucoma pts 60 to 90 minutes educational session on glaucoma patients Jadad:3/5
4. Influence of health literacy level (2012) Muir et al Glaucoma clinic:127pts A video was used Jadad:5/5
5. Impact of Health Communication Intervention (2012) Glanz et al Hospital:312pts I-SIGHT program. Jadad:5/5
6. Individualized patient care controlled trial (2012) Gray et al Eye hospital:127 newly diagnosed pts Personalized individual health assessment Jadad:5/5
Observational studies using pharmacy refill,self report:2011-2015 - - - -
1. The eye drop chart: (2015) McVeigh et al Hospital:25pts Eye drop chart. Audio reminder visual system Ottawa-Newcastle score 4/5
2. A 2 hour information session (2012) Blondeau, et al, Glaucoma clinic:342pts 2hour educational session, eye drop instillation Ottawa-Newcastle score 5/5
3. Web-based intervention for improving adherence (2011) Lunnela ,et al Hopsital Glaucoma content link were emailed to the patients Ottawa-Newcastle score 4/5
Observational studies using Electronic and a questionnaire - - - -
1.Glaucoma Management (2016) Dreer, et al Glaucoma clinic:14pts Patient education, MI and problem solving training(PST) Ottawa-Newcastle score 4/5
Mixed RCT and Observational study - - - -
1.A study to assess the feasibility of undertaking a randomized controlled (2013) Richardson et al Glaucoma clinic:19pts Group based educational program. Ottawa-Newcastle score 4/5