Short-term effect of a developed warming moist chamber goggle for video display terminal-associated dry eye.
Background: Video display terminal (VDT)-associated dry eye (DE) patients are the rising group worldwide, and moisture goggles are the preferable treatment since they are capable of improving tear film stability and DE discomfort. The current study aims to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety...
| Published in: | BMC Ophthalmology Vol. 18; pp. 1 - 2 |
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BioMed Central
2/7/2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=127866420&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 127866420 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14712415 1CIB jtl: BMC Ophthalmology issn: 14712415 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2/7/2018 vid: 18 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 127866420 127866420 NLM29415667 127866420 10.1186/s12886-018-0700-y NLM29415667 127866420 ppf: 1 ppct: 1 formats: tig: atl: Short-term effect of a developed warming moist chamber goggle for video display terminal-associated dry eye. aug: au: Ren, Yueping Chen, Jie Zheng, Qinxiang Chen, Wei affil: School of Ophthalmology and Optometry Wenzhou Medical University 270 Xueyuan West Road 325027 Wenzhou Zhejiang People’s Republic of China sug: subj: Computer Terminals Eye Diseases Therapy Eye Protective Devices Dry Eye Syndromes Therapy Adult Tears Physiology Eye Diseases Etiology Male Treatment Outcomes Female Dry Eye Syndromes Etiology Prospective Studies Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Humidity Equipment Design Funding Source Human Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Background: Video display terminal (VDT)-associated dry eye (DE) patients are the rising group worldwide, and moisture goggles are the preferable treatment since they are capable of improving tear film stability and DE discomfort. The current study aims to evaluate the short-term efficacy and safety of the developed warming moist chamber goggles (WMCGs) for VDT-associated DE patients.Methods: In this prospective self-control study, 22 DE patients (22 eyes) working with VDTs over 4 h daily were enrolled and instructed to wear WMCGs for 15 min. Sodium hyaluronate (SH, 0.1%) eyedrops were applied as a control on another day on these same patients, however 4 subjects denied the eyedrop application. The symptomatology visual analog scale (VAS) score, tear meniscus height (TMH), noninvasive tear film break-up time (NI-BUT), tear film lipid layer thickness (LLT), and bulbar conjunctival redness were assessed with Keratograph 5 M at baseline, 5, 30 and 60 min after treatment. The WMCGs wearing comfort was also evaluated.Results: The ocular discomfort evaluated by VAS decreased in the WMCGs group throughout 60 min (P<0.001), better than the control group levels (P ≤ 0.015). TMH, NI-BUT (including the first BUT and average BUT) increased than baseline level accross 60 min in the WMCG group (P ≤ 0.012), while those in the control group only showed temporary improvements in 5 min. LLT also increased obviously after WMCGs wear, while the change in the control group was nearly innoticeable. No adverse responses were detected.Conclusions: Temporary use of the WMCGs is able to relieve ocular discomfort, and improves tear film stability in DE patients for at least 1 h, making it a promising alternative to other treatments. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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