Abstract

AIM&OBJECTIVES
To Determine the Prevalence of the dry eye disease in newly diagnosed depression patients without any previous medication.
METHODOLOGY-Cross sectional, observational study
RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION:
Among 100 studied population,42% had dry eye, prevalence of dry eye disease in depression patients in our study is 42%.63.6% of dry eye disease was present in>50 years of age group .60% had abnormal blink rate .TBUT was abnormal in 40 patients.38% had low schirmer’s score.37(37%) patients showed low TFMH.38%
showed abnormal oxford score.32 female patients (58.2%) had dry eye when compared to male10(22.2%)
CONCLUSION-From this study it is clearly seen that the depression itself causing dry eye disease,not only the anti depressants which are using for treating the depression.it is important that psychiatrists take this into account especially while prescribing antidepressants which also aggravates dry eye disease and send the patients for ocular screening for dry eyedisease

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