Is there evidence of efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions in the acute pain management during the laser retinal photocoagulation of patients with diabetic retinopathy?

Abstract

Complications of diabetes mellitus (DM) have had an important impact on public health; in particular, diabetic retinopathy (DR), which can cause blindness and visual impairment, has an annual incidence ranging from 2.2% to 12.7% (Sabanayagam et al., 2018). Laser retinal photocoagulation (LRP) is the first‐line treatment for DR (Evans et al., 2014). Despite the use of anaesthetic eye drops, pain intolerance during LRP may compromise its efficacy by impacting patient adherence to treatment. A study by Chen et al. (2012) revealed that music may be useful for reducing anxiety but not pain during treatment with intravitreal injection (Chen et al., 2012).

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