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The effect of auricular acupressure combined with dry eye treatment and nursing on the improvement of anxiety in patients with dry eye: a randomized controlled trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
dry eye
Registration Number
ITMCTR2200006128
Lead Sponsor
Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18-70.
2. Conforming to the diagnostic criteria for dry eye: ? The patient complained of one of the subjective symptoms including ocular dryness, foreign body sensation, burning sensation, fatigue, discomfort, redness, and visual fluctuation, with OSDI (Ocular surface disease Index) =13 points.
?Fluorescein breakup time(FBUT)=5s or noninvasive breakup time(NIBUT) <10s, Or Schirmer ? test(SIT)=5mm/5min.
? 5s Dry eye can be diagnosed if conditions ?+? or ?+? are met.
3. Pre-intervention self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) score =50.
4. People are conscious and can communicate with others normally.
5. People cooperate with the researche voluntarily.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with serious diseases of major organs, such as heart failure, lung failure, liver and kidney dysfunction, etc.
2. Patients with severe mental illness.
3. Patients with systemic diseases related to the occurrence of dry eye, such as rheumatic immune diseases, sjogren's syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, thyroid diseases and diabetes.
4. Congenital ear malformation, ear infection, allergy to tape or seeds.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-rating Anxiety Scale scores;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Self-rating Depression Scale score;Ocular surface disease index score;
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