Nursing Intervention of Blinking Exercises to Alleviate Dry Eye and Enhance Daily Life in Older Adults (blinking dry)

Norther Private Collage of Nursing

Status: Completed

Conditions: Daily Activities; Eye Health

Treatments: Procedure: blinking exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07110467

ID/Zu.Nur.REC #: 272

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• aged 60 years and older of both genders, diagnosed with dry eyes and patients who were alert and able to communicate.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients underwent refractive surgery procedures.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

blinking excelsis group

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Procedure: blinking exercises

control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

this group receive moisturizing eye drop only

Treatment:

Procedure: blinking exercises