A Scoping Review of Patients’ Barriers to Eye Care for Glaucoma and Keratitis

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• Alternative Title:
  Surv Ophthalmol
• Personal Author:
  Hicks, Patrice M. ; Kang, Linda ; Armstrong, Mikhayla L. ; Pongrac, Joseph R. ; Stagg, Brian C. ; Saylor, Kate M. ; Newman-Casey, Paula-Anne ; Woodward, Maria A.
• Description:
  In this scoping review, we examine underlying causes of loss to follow-up for chronic (glaucoma) and acute (corneal ulcers) eye conditions using the Penchansky and Thomas access to care framework. We explore barriers by World Health Organization income levels and by studying geographical location. We identified 6,363 abstracts, with 75 articles retrieved and 16 meeting inclusion criteria. One article discussed barriers to follow-up care for people with corneal ulcers, and the other 15 were for people with glaucoma. The most frequent barriers to care were affordability, awareness, and accessibility. The international studies had a greater percentage of studies report acceptability as a barrier to loss to follow-up. Countries with universal healthcare included affordability as a loss to follow-up barrier, emphasizing that cost goes beyond the ability to pay for direct treatment costs. Understanding and addressing barriers to follow-up care can aid the goal of continued care and decrease the risk of poor outcomes and vision loss.
• Subjects:
  • Humans
  • Ulcer
  • Keratitis
  • Glaucoma
• Keywords:
  • Loss to follow-up
  • barriers to care
  • corneal ulcers
  • glaucoma
  • scoping review
• Source:
  Surv Ophthalmol. 68(4):567-577
• Pubmed ID:
  37004793
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10875963
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 EY031033/EY/NEI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 EY031337/EY/NEI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; K23 EY032577/EY/NEI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DP006442/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P30 EY014800/EY/NEI NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/150271/cdc_150271_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 423.04 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:26bae709d5bb11bab61fa117a7fd88ecc97afd4740f4637caf6e6ebaafffed61