Study the effect of pre-operative doses of betamethasone acetate 0.1% on dry eye control and visual acuity after cataract surgery in patients referring to Khatam-al-Anbia hospital in 2016-2017
Phase 2
- Conditions
- Cataract.Cataract, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2017103037105N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad Uiversity of Medical Ssiences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 62
Inclusion Criteria
Criteria for entering the study: age-related cataract; requiring ophthalmic surgery for cataract surgery.
Exit criteria: significant eye disease; systemic rheumatologic diseases, and diabetes; the use of drowsiness drugs; long history of long-term eye drops such as glaucoma drugs and the complications of cataract surgery during or after from surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Eye dryness. Timepoint: Before surgery and 1, 7, 30 days after surgery. Method of measurement: OSDI questionare was filled by patients and Shirmer test was performed with Schirmer paper, TBUT tes was performed with slit lamp , BCVA measured by optometrist.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method