Topical Proparacaine Eye Drops to Improve the Experience of Patients Undergoing Intravitreal Injections

Conjunctival samples were collected after participants received either an additional drop of proparacaine or povidone iodine. Bacterial cultures were performed from conjunctival samples by the Mayo Clinic Microbiology laboratory. Bacterial species identification was performed on any and all bacteria that grew.

Subjects were asked to complete a survey about their experience with intravitreal injections after the procedure was completed. The survey was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a positive response and 10 was a negative response. The lower the score, the lesser the perceived pain, the higher the score, the higher the perceived pain.

Subjects were asked to complete a survey about their experience with intravitreal injections after the procedure was completed. The survey was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a positive response and 10 was a negative response. The lower the score, the lesser the residual pain, the higher the score, the higher the residual pain.

Subjects were asked to complete a survey about their experience with intravitreal injections after the procedure was completed. The survey was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a positive response and 10 was a negative response. The lower the score, the more positive impression of the visit, the higher the score, the less positive impression of the visit.

Subjects were asked to complete a survey about their experience with intravitreal injections after the procedure was completed. The survey consisted of 6 questions and was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a positive response and 10 was a negative response. The lower the score, the more positive impression of the preparation process, the higher the score, the less positive impression of the preparation process..

Subjects were asked to complete a survey about their experience with intravitreal injections after the procedure was completed. The survey was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a positive response and 10 was a negative response. The lower the score, the more comfortable the subject was with the procedure, the higher the score, the less comfortable the subject was with the procedure.

Subjects were asked to complete a survey about their experience with intravitreal injections after the procedure was completed. The survey was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a positive response and 10 was a negative response. A lower score indicated subjects did not expect the injection would negatively affect their overall health. Higher scores indicated subjects expected the injection would negatively affect their overall health.

Patients were asked to rate their expectation on the extent to which the intravitreal injections would contribute to curing or improving their eye condition. The question was scored on a 0 to 10 numeric rating scale (NRS) where 0 was a negative response (not at all) and 10 was a positive response (to a large extent). A low score indicated the subject did not expect the injection would contribute to curing or improving the eye condition while a high score indicated the subject did expect the injection will help to cure or improve the eye condition.