Investigation on the status of medication usage and adherence in visually impaired and suggestions for improvement

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Seoul (South Korea) (2017)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-055
• By: LEE, Bo Hee (College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Clinical Pharmacy, Cheonan, Korea, Republic Of)
• Co-author(s): Bo Hee Lee: Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea, Republic Of
  Yun Jeong Lee: Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea, Republic Of
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Majority (89.4%) of visual impairments are acquired, due to accidents or medical conditions, while congenital visual impairments only account for 4.8%. In Korea, visually impaired people account for 10% of the total disabled population. In spite this, there has been few studies evaluating the status of medication usage and drug adherence ..

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