IJIMS.2021.101
Type of Article: Original Article
Subject Speciality: Ophthalmology
Volume 8; Issue 1: 2021
Page No.: 955-958
DOI: 10.16965/ijims.2021.101
Prevalence of dry eye syndrome in type-2 diabetic patients in tertiary care hospital kurnool
Pushpa Latha M 1, Radhika R *2.
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Viswabharathi Medical college, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
*2 Senior consultant, Kranti Eye Clinic, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Corresponding author: Dr. Radhika R, Senior consultant, Kranti Eye Clinic, H. No: 4-23B-2-2, Maruthinagar, Near Balajinagar, Kurnool-518006, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-Mail: pushpa0502@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
Introduction: The examination of dry eyes should be an integral part of the assessment of diabetic eye disease. So, this study is undertaken to study the prevalence of dry eye syndrome in type II diabetes mellitus.
Materials and Methods: This hospital based Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted with 100 patients with type II diabetes and 100 matched controls patients who were attending the Ophthalmology Department in Viswabharthi medical college Kurnool by Simple random sampling method. The data collected and analyzed using SPSS 17.0 version software for analysis.
Results: The mean age of diabetics with dry eye was 56.49±9.32 years. As the age increased, the occurrence of dry eye also increased significantly. 30-40yrs age group are having 2 (33.33%) patients, 41-50 yrs age group are having 16 (59.26%) patients, 51-60 yrs age group are having 19 (57.58%) and above 60 years age group are having 20 (58.83%) patients are having dry eye, out of this 64.7% also had retinopathy of some degree. With increasing age, the number of patients with diabetic retinopathy also increased significantly.
Conclusion: The dry eye is a significant factor responsible for ocular surface disease in diabetics, these complications high in advanced diabetic retinopathy. High prevalence could be attributed to reduced tear secretion in DM patients caused by autonomic dysfunction in these patients. Hence our study insists that clinical evaluation of dry eye should be an integral part of ocular examination in diabetic patients.
Key words: Dry eye, ocular surface disease index, Retinopathy, Schirmer, Tearfilm breakup time.
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