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Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Dry Eye Disease in A Sample of Egyptian Patients

Recruiting
Conditions
Dry Eye Syndromes
Dryness
Meibomian 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
Inclusion Criteria
  • 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.
Exclusion Criteria

Diabetic patients. Patients with rheumatological diseases that may affect ocular surface as RA.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
BDry eye deviceRight eye
ADry eye deviceLeft eye
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Meibomian gland dysfunction6 months

Meibomian gland dysfunction

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cairo university

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Giza, Egypt

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