VIDEO: Half of patients improperly self-administer eye drops
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Key takeaways:
- A study found that about half of patients improperly self-administered eye drops.
- The most common issue with eye drop self-administration was contact with the dropper bottle.
In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Alison D. Early, MD, ABO, discusses a study that investigated the accuracy of self-administered eye drops in a real-world patient population.
Early and colleagues found that about 50% of patients improperly administered eye drops on their first attempt, but after receiving coaching on instillation technique, about 7.2% more patients successfully administered the drops on their second attempt.
“However, after 30 days without any additional instruction, we lost about half of those patients,” Early said.
These results suggest that ophthalmic therapies that reduce or eliminate self-administered eye drop treatment may benefit real-world populations, she said.
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Early AD et al. Prospective evaluation of eye drop self-administration accuracy in a real-world patient population. Presented at: American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting; May 5-8, 2023; San Diego.
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