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Research from Johns Hopkins University yields new findings on glaucoma
2009 JUL 27 - (NewsRx.com) -- In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate the performance of patients with ocular hypertension and glaucoma who are experienced in the instillation of topical ocular hypotensive medications. We conducted a prospective, open-label study at a single private practice site." "We enrolled 139 patients with a diagnosis of glaucoma or ocular hypertension who used 1 or more topical ocular hypotensive medications for at least 6 months and who instilled their own medications. were questioned regarding their use of topical ocular hypotensive medications, and we used a video recording to evaluate patient performance of eyedrop instillation with 2 bottle designs. Patients reported relatively good performance on eyedrop instillation. One hundred twenty-nine of 139 patients (92.8%) reported no problem putting in their eyedrops, and 86 of 139 (61.9%) believed that they never missed their eye when administering the drops. The proportions of patients who were able to instill a single drop into the eye without touching the bottle to the eye were 14 of 64 (21.9%) with a 15-mL bottle and 36 of 117 (30.8%) with a 2.5-mL bottle," wrote J.L. Stone and colleagues, Johns Hopkins University. The researchers concluded: "Under a single direct observation, patients experienced in the use of topical ocular hypotensive agents performed relatively poorly when instilling a single eyedrop into the eye without touching the bottle tip to the eye or the ocular adnexae." Stone and colleagues published their study in Archives of Ophthalmology (An Objective Evaluation of Eyedrop Instillation in Patients With Glaucoma. Archives of Ophthalmology, 2009;127(6):732-736). For additional information, contact A.L. Robin, Johns Hopkins University, Wilmer Eye Institute, 6115 Falls Rd., 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD 21209, USA. Publisher contact information for the journal Archives of Ophthalmology is: American Medical Association, 515 N State St., Chicago, IL 60610-0946, USA. Keywords: United States, Baltimore, Clinical Trial Research, Genetics, Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension, Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University. This article was prepared by Biotech Business Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Biotech Business Week via NewsRx.com.
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