Table 2.
Comparison of Treatments for Dry Eye Disease by Baseline Cataract Status
| Treatments for Dry Eye Disease* | No History (n = 646 Eyes) |
On-Going (n = 244 Eyes) |
Pseudophakic/Aphakic (n= 180 Eyes) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial tears or gel | 490 (75.9%) | 191 (78.3%) | 167 (92.8%) | 0.001 |
| Cyclosporine drops | 89 (13.8%) | 66 (27.0%) | 55 (30.6%) | <0.0001 |
| Warm lid soaks | 125 (19.3%) | 57 (23.4%) | 46 (25.6%) | 0.16 |
| Lid scrubs or baby shampoo | 94 (14.6%) | 38 (15.6%) | 34 (18.9%) | 0.38 |
| Lubricating Ointment | 64 (9.9%) | 25 (10.2%) | 39 (21.7%) | 0.030 |
| Punctal plugs in place | 71 (11.0%) | 25 (10.2%) | 32 (17.8%) | 0.24 |
| Steroid eye drops or ointments | 19 (2.9%) | 9 (3.7%) | 8 (4.4%) | 0.49 |
| Prescription pills | 20 (3.1%) | 10 (4.1%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0.59 |
| Autologous serum eye drops | 12 (1.9%) | 6 (2.5%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0.87 |
| Other OTC treatment | 27 (4.2%) | 21 (8.6%) | 12 (6.7%) | 0.13 |
| Any Other treatment | 68 (10.5%) | 19 (7.8%) | 17 (9.4%) | 0.51 |
Notes: *Participants can take more than 1 treatment for DED at the same time. Bold values indicate statistical significance (P<0.05).