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Dixitha V1, Abhilash B1, Bhavya H U2
1Department of Ophthalmology, KVG Medical College and Hospital, Sullia (D K), India.
Purpose:
To evaluate and compare the prevalence and severity of dry eye disease (DED) among patients on atypical antipsychotics with controls.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study was conducted on patients who were on atypical antipsychotic therapy (study group) and matched controls (control group). Prevalence of DED was assessed using tear break up time. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS. Chi-square test and t-test were used. p < 0.05 was taken as the level of statistical significance.
Results:
Prevalence of DED was significantly more in study group. Polytherapy group has significantly high DED compared with monotherapy. Among monotherapy, clozapine had highest prevalence of DED (p-0.013) and among the polytherapy, clozapine-quetiapine had highest prevalence of dry eye.
Conclusion:
Prevalence of DED was higher among antipsychotics than the normal population, and in polytherapy than monotherapy group. The patients on clozapine (monotherapy) and clozapine with quetiapine (polytherapy) had highest prevalence of DED.
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