Comparison of the Usability of Eye Drop Aids and the Conventional Bottle

Autor:	Zvia Burgansky-Eliash, Idan Hecht, Duncan Leadbetter, Liron Naftali Ben Haim, Asaf Achiron, Gali Brand, Oriel Spierer
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	business.product_category business.industry eye drops medicine.medical_treatment compliance to treatment Healthy subjects Eye drop Usability General Medicine eye drops administration aids Ophthalmic medications medicine.disease Crossover study Article glaucoma treatment Route of administration Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Anesthesia medicine Bottle Medicine bottle tip contamination business
Zdroj:	Journal of Clinical Medicine Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5658, p 5658 (2021) Journal of Clinical Medicine; Volume 10; Issue 23; Pages: 5658
ISSN:	2077-0383
Popis:	(1) Background: Eye drops are the most common route of administration for ophthalmic medications. Administering drops can be a major hurdle for patients, potentially resulting in noncompliance and treatment failure. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of two different aids and the conventional bottle for eye drop instillation; (2) Methods: An interventional crossover study involving standard eye drop bottle, Opticare aid and Autodrop aid. The study included healthy subjects without a history of regular eye drop use; (3) Results: Twenty-six subjects were enrolled. Of those subjects, 96% and 92% were able to assemble the eye drop bottle into the Autodrop and the Opticare aids, respectively. Subjective assessment indicated that Autodrop was significantly easier to assemble than Opticare (95% CI: −1.6802 to −0.1659, p = 0.02). When using either aid, there was no contamination of the bottle tip, which occurred in 46% of subjects when no aid was used (p = 0.0005). Fewer drops were expelled when using the conventional bottle as compared to the aids (p = 0.05 compared to Autodrop, p = 0.1 compared to Opticare); (4) Conclusions: Autodrop and Opticare can assist patients with eye drop placement. These aids completely prevented bottle tip contamination, which was frequently observed when the conventional bottle was used alone.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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