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 : 2, Issue : 3, Year : 2016
Article Page : 257-262
Abstract
Background: Dry eye is a common condition that is often under diagnosed. Normal vision requires moist healthy ocular surface. A sufficient quality of tears, normal composition of tears film, lid closure to maintain healthy ocular surface.
Due to lack of uniformity in definition and inability of any single diagnostic test or set of diagnostic test to confirm or rule out the condition. There has been a shift towards symptom based assessment as a key component in clinical diagnosis with grading of severity of dry eye.
Use of symptom based validated questionnaire might be beneficial as it allows grading of symptoms and is repeatable for comparative purpose before, during and after treatment. Recent advances in treatment suggests the use of lubricants, anti-inflammatory drugs, plugs to augment the tear film.
Objectives: A prospective study was conducted to assess the dry eye in rural hospital setting at B.G. Nagara Karnataka with the objective to study the frequency of occurrence of dry eye and identify risk factors, correlate dry eye status with clinical tests, demographic and disease profile and devise appropriate therapy.
Methods: A total of 63 cases were chosen from the outpatient department of Sri Adichunchanagiri Institute Of Medical Sciences and assessment of dry eye were made by tests like Tear breakup time, Schirmer’s, Rose Bengal dye test with prior administered Ocular surface disease index (OSDI) questionnaire for subjective grading of dry eye.
Results: In our study majority 31.7% patients were in the group 41-50 years. Prevalence of overall dry eye in our study was 85.7%. Prevalence was more in females as compared to males. Risk factors associated with dry eye were identified with diabetes mellitus type II being more prevalent among them. In the study Osdi questionnaire had a good reliability and consistency (p<0.001). Pearson correlation with r value among various test like Tear breakup time, Schirmer’s, Rose Bengal dye test and OSDI score showed a good correlation.
Conclusion: Dry eye is a chronic disease and increase in prevalence of dry eye increases with age. Subjective tests like OSDI correlated well with objective tests in our study. Grading of dry eye helps in better management of dry eye and its complications.
Keywords: Dry eye; OSDI; Rose Bengal dye test, Schirmer’s test, Tear breakup time
How to cite : Shenoy S, Madan R, Assessment of dry eye in rural hospital setting, B.G. Nagara, Karnataka. Indian J Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016;2(3):257-262
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