Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Dry Eye Disease in A Sample of Egyptian Patients
- Conditions
- Dry Eye SyndromesDrynessMeibomian Gland Dysfunction
- Interventions
- Device: Dry eye device
- Registration Number
- NCT05598437
- Lead Sponsor
- Roweis adel youssef
- Brief Summary
Proposed Study Title: Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed with Dry Eye
- Detailed Description
Dry eye disease (DED) is a common chronic multifactorial condition of the ocular surface characterized by failure to produce high quality or sufficient amounts of tears to moisturize the eyes (1) DED can be categorized as "dry eye with reduced tear production (aqueous deficient) and dry eye with increased evaporation of the tear film known as the hyperevaporative type... Although 10% of individuals have aqueous deficient DED, more than 80% have either the hyperevaporative type related to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), or a combination of
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
- Egyptian people between 20 and 70 years old coming to outpatient clinic BUT< 10 seconds.. No previous surgery. No previous trauma. Not using eye drops in the last 3 months.
Diabetic patients. Patients with rheumatological diseases that may affect ocular surface as RA.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description B Dry eye device Right eye A Dry eye device Left eye
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Meibomian gland dysfunction 6 months Meibomian gland dysfunction
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Cairo university
🇪🇬Giza, Egypt