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flows, and the decision should be on a ward-specific basis.
The study indicates that the training programme was well-designed, that it provides information and
practical skills in coping with the disease and in communicating with the patient's own
ophthalmologist. The study also reveals that the programme strengthens participant awareness of
the importance of compliance immediately after the programme and six months later. Education in
glaucoma can be conducted within a local authority or hospital setting, the latter providing the option
of a combined intervention targeting detection of low compliance and education in glaucoma at a
nurse-led glaucoma clinic.