Nursing Intervention of Blinking Exercises as a Non-Pharmacological Approach to Alleviate Dry Eye and Enhance Daily Life in Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- change in quality of life
研究概览
简要总结
The study aimed to evaluate the effect of blinking exercises in improving eye dryness and daily life in older adults. Participants aged 60 years and older of both genders, diagnosed with dry eyes and patients who were alert and able to communicate.
详细描述
The Research hypotheses include H0: Nursing interventions of blinking exercise do not affect the level of dry eyes and daily life in older adults.
H1: Nursing interventions of blinking exercise affect the level of dry eyes and daily life in older adults.
Participants were divided into two groups (study and control). Both groups were asked to fill out all questionnaires before and after the study using the same tools. In the control group, older adult receives routine care, which was provided by the hospital as examination, application of moisturizing eye drops three- five times Aday for 4 weeks . Participants were asked to answer a post-test using the same pre-test questionnaires. And the study group were divided into small training groups with 3-5 older adult for each group. Two sessions were needed for each group each session took about 1- 2hrs.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •aged 60 years and older of both genders, diagnosed with dry eyes and patients who were alert and able to communicate.
排除标准
- •Patients underwent refractive surgery procedures.
研究组 & 干预措施
blinking excelsis group
The study group were divided into small training groups with 3-5 older adult for each group. Two sessions were needed for each group each session took about 1- 2hrs.
• The 1st session included (definition, causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, complications, prevention, and management of eye dryness and the 2nd session covered the recommended exercises for reducing eye dryness including (Eye gaze exercise, Right and left eye movement exercise, eye rise and fall exercise, eye-crossing exercise, eye control exercise, eye pressure exercise, eye rotation exercise, and eye relaxation exercise).
This group was instructed to instill artificial tears and perform blinking exercises three- five times a day for 4 weeks.
干预措施: blinking exercises (Procedure)
control group
this group receive moisturizing eye drop only
干预措施: blinking exercises (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
change in quality of life
时间窗: 4 weeks following the end of treatment
Impact Dry Eye Everyday Life Questionnaire it include 3 domains (daily activity limitations, emotional wellbeing, and work limitations), a scale score is calculated between 0 (representing total impairment) and 100 (representing no impairment). The daily activities sub-domain is the quality of life instrument. It is comprised of 27 items, each item had five answers "strongly agree" is scored as 1, "agree" is scored as 2, "neutral" is scored as 3, "disagree" is scored as 4, and "strongly disagree" is scored as 5. The greater score indicate high quality of life.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Amal
Associate professor
Norther Private Collage of Nursing