The Influences of Dry Eye Disease on Optical Quality

Peking University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dry Eye; Vision; Disturbance, Hysterical

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04043949

DEDOQ

Details and patient eligibility

About

DED could result in visual disturbance and damage optical quality. We aimed to evaluate the influences of dry eye disease (DED) on optical quality and their correlations.

Full description

This study is aimed at evaluating changes of optical quality in dry eye patients with superficial punctate keratopathy after being treated by artificial lubricant and anti-inflammatory eye drops.

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. patients were diagnosed as dry eye according to the criteria provided by the Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS)
2. positive corneal fluorescein staining (CFS)
3. best-corrected distance visual acuity better than 20/20.

Exclusion criteria

History of ocular surgeries, contact lens wear, meibomian gland dysfunction, and any type of corneal scarring such as dystrophies or infections.

Trial design

90 participants in 3 patient groups

Normal

Description:

healthy subjects

Dry eye group

Description:

patients with dry eye

Dry eye after treatment

Description:

patients with dry eye after treatment