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Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali

The correct eye drop instillation technique plays a major role to ensure the success of the treatment. This study aims to evaluate the eye drop instillation technique in a sample of casual eye drop users and its associated factors. A cross-sectional study was done among self-administered casual eye...

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Main Authors: Alhamzah, Nurazreen Farahin, Razak, Shaz’ Ain, Mohd Ali, Nor Azeera
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2022
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Sense Organs
RE Ophthalmology
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69741/1/69741.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.697412022-11-10T07:48:24Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69741/ Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali Alhamzah, Nurazreen Farahin Razak, Shaz’ Ain Mohd Ali, Nor Azeera Sense Organs RE Ophthalmology The correct eye drop instillation technique plays a major role to ensure the success of the treatment. This study aims to evaluate the eye drop instillation technique in a sample of casual eye drop users and its associated factors. A cross-sectional study was done among self-administered casual eye drop users and their details had been profiled. All subjects were asked to demonstrate their instillation technique while a video recorder was used for recording and a grading chart was referred to score the technique from -1 to +4. A total of 50 subjects with 11 (22.0%) male and 39 (78.0%) female with a mean age of 22.14 (±2.70) years were involved. The major reason for eye drop usage is dryness (58.0%) followed by itchiness (14.0%), redness (12.0%), combination (12.0%), and others (4.0%). 28 (56.0%) of subjects had non-prescribed eye drop while 30 (60.0%) had no previous education regarding proper instillation techniques. Mean instillation technique score is 2.26 (±1.43) with 26 (52.0%) subjects having poor instillation techniques. In conclusion, majority of subjects had a poor technique in instilling eye drops. Thus, future research should emphasize on best methods of eye drops prescription to ensure the effectiveness of medication through self-instillation eye drops. Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2022-10 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69741/1/69741.pdf Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali. (2022) Healthscope, 5 (1). pp. 37-41. ISSN 2735-0649 http://healthscopefsk.com/
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RE Ophthalmology
Alhamzah, Nurazreen Farahin
Razak, Shaz’ Ain
Mohd Ali, Nor Azeera
Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali
description The correct eye drop instillation technique plays a major role to ensure the success of the treatment. This study aims to evaluate the eye drop instillation technique in a sample of casual eye drop users and its associated factors. A cross-sectional study was done among self-administered casual eye drop users and their details had been profiled. All subjects were asked to demonstrate their instillation technique while a video recorder was used for recording and a grading chart was referred to score the technique from -1 to +4. A total of 50 subjects with 11 (22.0%) male and 39 (78.0%) female with a mean age of 22.14 (±2.70) years were involved. The major reason for eye drop usage is dryness (58.0%) followed by itchiness (14.0%), redness (12.0%), combination (12.0%), and others (4.0%). 28 (56.0%) of subjects had non-prescribed eye drop while 30 (60.0%) had no previous education regarding proper instillation techniques. Mean instillation technique score is 2.26 (±1.43) with 26 (52.0%) subjects having poor instillation techniques. In conclusion, majority of subjects had a poor technique in instilling eye drops. Thus, future research should emphasize on best methods of eye drops prescription to ensure the effectiveness of medication through self-instillation eye drops.
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author Alhamzah, Nurazreen Farahin
Razak, Shaz’ Ain
Mohd Ali, Nor Azeera
author_facet Alhamzah, Nurazreen Farahin
Razak, Shaz’ Ain
Mohd Ali, Nor Azeera
author_sort Alhamzah, Nurazreen Farahin
title Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali
title_short Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali
title_full Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali
title_fullStr Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / Nurazreen Farahin Alhamzah, Shaz’ Ain Razak and Nor Azeera Mohd Ali
title_sort evaluation of eye drop self-administration technique in a sample of casual eye drop users / nurazreen farahin alhamzah, shaz’ ain razak and nor azeera mohd ali
publisher Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA
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url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69741/1/69741.pdf
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