Table 8 Summary of reported treatments for dry eye symptoms: comparison of dry eye disease and control populations
Time Period | Category | Statistic | All cases (n = 217) | All controls (n = 67) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Past month | Used artificial tears | N | 160 | 49 | |
Mean (SD) | 16.02 (12.722) | 2.27 (6.623) | <0.0001 | ||
Min–Max | 0.0–62.0 | 0.0–30.0 | |||
Used eye ointments | N | 139 | 45 | ||
Mean (SD) | 2.13 (7.087) | 0 (0) | 0.0457 | ||
Min–Max | 0.0–30.0 | 0.0–0.0 | |||
Past 3 months | Own money (dollars) spent on treatments for DE (dollars) | N | 162 | 47 | |
Mean (SD) | 33.56 (57.832) | 2.87 (7.854) | 0.0004 | ||
Med | 15 | 0 | |||
Min - Max | 0–400 | 0–30 | |||
DED symptoms main cause to use medication? n (%) | Eye Drops | ||||
Antibiotic drops | 3 (1.38) | 1 (1.49) | 0.5044 | ||
Non-prescription | 46 (21.20) | 6 (8.96) | |||
Prescription | 5 (2.30) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Steroids | 0(0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Pills | |||||
Analgesic/anti-inflammatory (OTC) | 4 (1.84) | 0 (0.00) | <0.0001 | ||
Analgesics/anti-inflammatory (Rx) | 9 (4.15) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Antidepressants | 0 (0.00) | 1 (1.49) | |||
Antibiotics | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Anti-allergy (OTC) | 12 (5.53) | 3 (4.48) | |||
Anti-allergy (Rx) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Other | 4 (1.84) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Special procedures, n (%) | |||||
Punctal occlusion or plugs, n (%) | Have not had | 134 (61.75) | 42 (62.69) | 0.2319 | |
Less than 1 yr. ago | 3 (1.38) | 0 (0.00) | |||
1–2 years ago | 3 (1.38) | 0 (0.00) | |||
3 or more yrs. ago | 8 (3.69) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Eye lid surgery, n (%) | Have not had | 138 (63.59) | 41 (61.19) | 0.6136 | |
Less than 1 yr. ago | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |||
1–2 yrs. ago | 1 (0.46) | 0 (0.00) | |||
3 or more yrs. ago | 8 (3.69) | 1 (1.49) | |||
Overall satisfaction with treatment, n (%) | Currently not using treatments | 37 (17.05) | 37 (55.22) | <0.0001 | |
Overall dissatisfied | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Very dissatisfied | 11 (5.07) | 0 (0.00) | |||
Somewhat dissatisfied | 28 (12.90) | 1 (1.49) | |||
Neutral | 32 (14.75) | 5 (7.46) | |||
Somewhat satisfied | 36 (16.59) | 1 (1.49) | |||
Very satisfied | 19 (8.76) | 4 (5.97) | |||
Missing result | 54 (24.88) | 19 (28.36) | |||