Evaluation of tear film parameters on diabetic patients undergoing small incision cataract surgery

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: ot Yet Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus in the age group 40-70 yrs attending the Comprehensive services, on anti-diabetic treatment(oral hypoglycemics or Insulin), and diagnosed with cataract formation on ocular examination will be eligible for inclusion in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria will include any factor which may affect the tear film parameters like

1.Patients with dry eye symptoms: foreign body sensation, stinging, redness, burning, scratchy sensation, excessive tearing/watery eyes, stringy mucus in or around the eyes, sensitivity to light, and eye fatigue.

2.Pterygia

3.Contact lens wearers

4. Use of topical eye drops 1 month prior to surgery(steroids, NSAIDS, artificial tears,anti-glaucoma medications)

5.Co-existing ocular disorders (glaucoma, corneal opacity, uveitis)

6.History of systemic illness (Stevens-Johnson syndrome, Sjogrenâ??s syndrome, thyroid eye disease, and connective tissue disorders)

7. Pregnancy

8. Any previous ocular surgery

9.Sensitivity to any medications used during the perioperative period

10.Poor co-operation in diagnostic tests or non-compliance to follow-up

11.Participation in other clinical trials at the time of visit

12.Patients undergoing any intraoperative complications during the cataract surgery like nucleus drop, posterior capsular rupture, any trauma to iris requiring suturing etc. will be excluded from the study.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
OSDI Score at 1 month post operatively <br/ ><br>Timepoint: OSDI Score at 1 month post operatively <br/ ><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Subjective dry eye (DE) questionnaire <br/ ><br>2. Schirmer I test with anaesthesia <br/ ><br>3. Tear film break up time (TBUT) <br/ ><br>4. Fluorescein staining pattern <br/ ><br>Timepoint: none