Questionnaire for the assessment of adherence barriers of intravitreal therapy: the ABQ-IVT.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and validate a questionnaire for the investigation of non-adherence (NA) barriers in patients receiving intravitreal injection (IVT).

Design

Questionnaire development and cross-sectional patient survey combined with a retrospective medical chart review.

Participants

German patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) or diabetic macular edema (DME) receiving anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment via IVT.

Methods

The previously validated (indications: atrial fibrillation, human immunodeficiency virus, chronic inflammatory lung disease) Adherence Barriers Questionnaire (ABQ) was revised according to specifications of IVT, within the framework of an expert panel. The ABQ-IVT, which initially consist

SUBMITTER: Muller S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8170736 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature