Impact of Tea Tree Oil on dry eye treatment
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Dry eye syndrome.Other disorders of lacrimal gland
- Registration Number
- IRCT2013111313567N5
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
The Dry-eye symptoms following Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery that have not improved after 1 month with conventional treatments(artificial tear and betamethasone 0.1% drops); Index of 30 or more from the Ocular Surface Disease Questionnaire; The Schirmer test of 10 millimeter or less; The Tear Break up Times of 7 seconds or less; Lack of eye trauma; The absence of uveitis.
Exclusion criteria: Surgery on eyes including Surgical Correction of Refractive Errors; Using contact lenses; Systemic diseases which cause dry eye such as Sjogren ,Diabetic Retinopathy and end organ damage disease
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Moisture eye. Timepoint: Before intervention-one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Schirmer Test -Millimeters.;Eye problems in performing daily. Timepoint: Before intervention-one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Ocular Surface Disease Index Questionnaire.;Tear break up time. Timepoint: Before intervention-one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Measured in seconds -With timer and Slit Lamp.;Visual acuity. Timepoint: Before intervention-one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Snelen chart.;The number of demodex of 4 eyelashes of each eye. Timepoint: Before intervention-one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Microscopic demodex examination.;Tear Osmolarity. Timepoint: Before intervention-one month after treatment. Method of measurement: Tearlab osmometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method