Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed With Dry Eye Disease in A Sample of Egyptian Patients

Roweis adel youssef

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Dry Eye Syndromes

Dryness

Treatments

Device: Dry eye device

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05598437

1298756727278

Details and patient eligibility

About

Proposed Study Title: Prevalence of Different Etiologies of Ocular Dryness in Patients Previously Diagnosed with Dry Eye

Full description

Dry eye disease (DED) is a common chronic multifactorial condition of the ocular surface characterized by failure to produce high quality or sufficient amounts of tears to moisturize the eyes (1) DED can be categorized as "dry eye with reduced tear production (aqueous deficient) and dry eye with increased evaporation of the tear film known as the hyperevaporative type... Although 10% of individuals have aqueous deficient DED, more than 80% have either the hyperevaporative type related to meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), or a combination of

Enrollment

200 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

20 to 60 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Egyptian people between 20 and 70 years old coming to outpatient clinic BUT< 10 seconds.. No previous surgery. No previous trauma. Not using eye drops in the last 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

Diabetic patients. Patients with rheumatological diseases that may affect ocular surface as RA.