Nursing intervention for prevention of ocular surface injury caused by local use of anti-glaucoma drugs

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of nursing intervention on the prevention of ocular surface injury caused by the local use of anti-glaucoma drugs.Methods 86 patients locally taking antiglaucoma drugs were randomly divided into an intervention group and a control group,43 cases for each group.Routine health education of the local use of anti-glaucoma drugs and routine nursing were received by the control group,while prospective nursing intervention was taken by the intervention group to prevent ocular surface injury.Results After the intervention,the score of dry eye symptom was (1.5+1.1),the tear break-up time was (6.44 + 3.76) s,and the basal tear test was (5.24+ 1.54) mm/5 min in the intervention group.There were statistical differences between the 2 groups (P ＜ 0.05 with all comparisons).Conclusions Nursing intervention for the patients taking anti-glaucoma drugs to prevent ocular surface injury can reduce ocular surface damage,improve the compliance of local use of anti-glaucoma drugs and drug effect,and make their quality of life better. Key words: Anti-glaucoma medications; Local use of drug; Preservative; Ocular surface injury