Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Official Publication of Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation
Print ISSN: 2395-1443
Online ISSN: 2395-1451
CODEN : IJCEKF
Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology (IJCEO) is open access, a peer-reviewed medical journal, published quarterly, online, and in print, by the Innovative Education and Scientific Research Foundation (IESRF) since 2015. To fulfil our aim of rapid dissemination of knowledge, we publish articles ‘Ahead of Print’ on acceptance. In addition, the journal allows free access (Open Access) to its content, which is likely to attract more readers and citations of articles published in IJCEO. Manuscripts must be prepared in more...Original Article
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Volume : 10, Issue : 4, Year : 2024
Article Page : 754-763
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2024.131
Abstract
Aims: To find out the drug instillation behaviour, the relationship between drug instillation behaviour and subjective symptoms & compliance rate of OTC purchased Osmoprotective drugs and to find the correlation between OTC drugs and Ophthalmologist prescribed drugs among VDT users.
Materials and Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study included 100 subjects who use OTC-purchased Osmoprotective drugs and have not visited Ophthalmologist recently. The study data were collected by asking one sutured questionnaire to find out the complete scenario of OTC drug usage patterns. Subjects were tested for Schirmer’s II test and according to the diagnosis, Osmoprotective drugs were prescribed.
Results: In our study, out of 100 subjects a significant majority (86%) did not visit ophthalmologists in the recent past, therefore the prevalence of OTC drugs has increased. Schirmer’s-II test indicated that most participants experienced mild dry eye symptoms in both eyes (14.26 + 4.21 & 14.37 +4.20). CarboxymethylCellulose emerged as the most commonly used OTC drug (64%). A significant association was observed between the dry eye severity levels before and after treatment (p < 0>
Conclusion: This work gives a detailed insight into drug usage patterns purchased from OTC and also found the correlation between OTC drugs and Ophthalmologist prescribed drugs.
Keywords: OTC, Osmoprotective, Visual Display Terminals.
How to cite : Monira C S, Das S, Jana P, A study to correlate over the counter drugs and ophthalmologists prescribed osmoprotective drugs among prolonged visual display terminal users. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2024;10(4):754-763
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