The Patient's End of the Bargain Definition Compliance is a measure of the patient's ability to adhere to a prescribed medication regimen.
Compliance is particularly relevant to glaucoma, a chronic disease.
Visual loss often begins peripherally, with central vision often preserved until late in the disease. Meanwhile, patients must commit to taking multiple medications several times daily at regular intervals. These medications may have side effects ranging from minor and inconvenient to serious and disabling. All for a disease which often has no symptoms. Many patients miss anywhere from an occasional dose to most of the prescribed regimen.