Table 2.
SPEED Questionnaire and BUT Values
| Group A | Group B | Group C | p-value (ANOVA) | p-value (Tukey Post-Hoc Test) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A vs B | A vs C | B vs C | |||||
| SPEED score | |||||||
| Preop | 1.70 ± 1.44 | 1.68 ± 1.47 | 1.63 ± 1.58 | 0.907 | |||
| 1 wk | 1.24 ± 1.17 | 2.19 ± 1.82 | 2.81 ± 2.58 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.024 |
| 4 wk | 0.92 ± 1.05 | 1.63 ± 1.82 | 3.9 ± 3.16 | 0.000 | 0.021 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 8 wk | 0.71 ± 0.93 | 1.14 ± 1.44 | 3.98 ± 3.38 | 0.000 | 0.218 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| BUT (s) | |||||||
| Preop | 11.87 ± 2.09 | 12.12 ± 2.42 | 11.90 ± 2.41 | 0.613 | |||
| 1 wk | 11.10 ± 2.51 | 10.76 ± 2.94 | 9.36 ± 2.67 | 0.000 | 0.552 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 4 wk | 11.94 ± 2.30 | 11.06 ± 2.96 | 11.06 ± 2.96 | 0.000 | 0.016 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| 8 wk | 12.36 ± 2.40 | 11.84 ± 2.78 | 9.57 ± 2.83 | 0.000 | 0.232 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Notes: Results are reported mean ± SD. P-values highlighted in bold are statistically significant.
Abbreviations: SPEED, Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness; BUT, break-up time; SD, standard deviation; preop, preoperative; wk, week; s, seconds; ANOVA, analysis of variance; vs, versus.