Comparing the Effectiveness of vitamin A eye oinment with eyelid taping in the prevention of ocular surface disorder .
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Ocular Surface Disorders.Other Keratitis
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015110124815N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
over 18 years old; corneal health in the initial of examination; hospitalized in intensive care unit at least for three days; conscious degree less than 8 according to Glasgow Coma Scale; inexistence of face or eye trauma; inexistence of eye problems history. Exclusion criteria: Existence of chemosis, eye lid position grade difference in the initial of examination; Bell’s palsy or hemiplegia; also if patient is capable of blinking for three days; corneal disorder at any stage of the test, recorded and the patient excluded from study continuing
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ocular surface disorders. Timepoint: In 1th to 5th days. Method of measurement: The assessment tool of ocular surface disorders in this study is including Schirmer and Fluorescein tests. Schirmer test is done one time before the initiation and one time at the end of the study. To do the test Schirmer's graded paper will inserted in inferior fornix of lower eyelid at the junction of the middle third and outer third of the eyelid and the eyelid is closed and after five minutes, the height of the paper moist is measured in millimeters. Fluorescein test done daily till five days. Thus after corneal staining with fluorescein, existence of corneal damage assess by using pen light with blue light (cobalt) and 20 diopter lens and the test result is ranking according to Oxford grading scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method