Comparison of the Usability of Eye Drop Aids and the Conventional Bottle
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design/Procedures
2.2. Sample Size
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Standard Eye Drop Bottle | Opticare Aid (Blue) | Autodrop Aid (Dark Blue) | |
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1. Ease of assembly of bottle into aid 1–10 | |||
2. Ease of expelling drops 1–10 | |||
3. Controlling number of drops discharged 1–10 | |||
4. Controlling precise orientation (to the eye) 1–10 | |||
5. General impression and satisfaction from the device 1–10 | |||
6. Was there a wandering drop on your cheek or eyelid? Yes/no | |||
7. Willingness to use the device in the future Yes/no | |||
8. What is your favorite device? standard eyedrop bottle/Opticare aid/Autodrop aid |
Autodrop | Opticare | Conventional Bottle | p-Value | |
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Subject was able to assemble bottle into aid | 96% | 92% | N/A | NS |
Contamination of the bottle tip | 0% | 0% | 46% | 0.0005 |
Number of drops instilled, median (IQR) | 2 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–1) | 0.05 for Autodrop- conventional comparison; NS for other comparisons |
Drops instilled on cheek/eyelid (objective) | 38% | 35% | 35% | NS |
Ease of assembly of bottle into aid, mean ± SD | 8.6 ± 1.1 | 7.7 ± 2.1 | N/A | 0.02 |
Ease of instilling drops, median (IQR) | 8.5 (7–10) | 8 (8–10) | 8.5 (8–10) | NS |
Ease to control the number of drops, median (IQR) | 8.5 (8–10) | 9 (7–10) | 9 (8–10) | NS |
Ease of aiming into the eye, median (IQR) | 7 (4–9) | 7.5 (7–9) | 8 (6–9) | NS |
Drops instilled on cheek/eyelid (subjective) | 58% | 50% | 50% | NS |
General impression and satisfaction with device, median (IQR) | 7.5 (5–9) | 8 (7–9) | 8 (6–9) | NS |
Willingness to use the device in the future | 72% | 72% | 88% | NS |
Favorite device | 42% | 27% | 31% | NS |
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Brand, G.; Hecht, I.; Burgansky-Eliash, Z.; Naftali Ben Haim, L.; Leadbetter, D.; Spierer, O.; Achiron, A. Comparison of the Usability of Eye Drop Aids and the Conventional Bottle. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 5658. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10235658
Brand G, Hecht I, Burgansky-Eliash Z, Naftali Ben Haim L, Leadbetter D, Spierer O, Achiron A. Comparison of the Usability of Eye Drop Aids and the Conventional Bottle. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(23):5658. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10235658
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrand, Gali, Idan Hecht, Zvia Burgansky-Eliash, Liron Naftali Ben Haim, Duncan Leadbetter, Oriel Spierer, and Asaf Achiron. 2021. "Comparison of the Usability of Eye Drop Aids and the Conventional Bottle" Journal of Clinical Medicine 10, no. 23: 5658. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10235658
APA StyleBrand, G., Hecht, I., Burgansky-Eliash, Z., Naftali Ben Haim, L., Leadbetter, D., Spierer, O., & Achiron, A. (2021). Comparison of the Usability of Eye Drop Aids and the Conventional Bottle. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 10(23), 5658. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10235658