Specific Aim: To investigate whether a language-concordant instructional application improves drop regimen recall in population of glaucoma patients at a 1-month follow-up period.
App features
1. Pictorial representation of drops (color-coded) and schedule.
2. Quiz to assess understanding of the regimen.
3. Narrated instructions (language-concordant) on how and when (frequency and eye laterality) to take each drop.
4. Graphical print-out of the regimen.
Study design
1. Study design: Randomized study, two groups: (1) patients that use the app, and (2) patients that do not use the app.
2. Study population:
Inclusion criteria: patients with primary open-angle glaucoma on at least 2 eye drops
Exclusion criteria: patients taking additional prescribed eye drops for other eye conditions; patients diagnosed within the last 3 months; patients unable to self-administer eye drops
3. Intervention: Use of an in-office app that has both graphical and verbal (language-concordant) instruction for how to use drops.
4. Main outcome measure: Ability to correctly identify drops/regimen
