Patient Medication Preferences for Managing Dry Eye Disease: The Importance of Medication Side Effects.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The side effects of dry eye medications can lead to medication non-adherence and, eventually, to poor outcomes. This study aimed to quantify to what extent the side effects of dry eye disease (DED) medications (burning/stinging sensation and blurring) are important to patients compared to medication benefits or costs.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with DED were recruited at a referral eye center in Singapore (n = 139). This study utilized a Discrete Choice Experiment where patients were presented with 10 choice tasks where they were asked to choose between their current medication (or no medication), and two hypothetical medications that varied based on five attributes: duration of burning/stinging, duration of blurring, time to medication effectiveness, medication f

SUBMITTER: Ozdemir S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9192251 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature