Nursing Intervention of Blinking Exercises to Alleviate Dry Eye and Enhance Daily Life in Older Adults
NCT ID: NCT07110467
Last Updated: 2025-08-07
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
100 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-11-01
2025-06-12
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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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.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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blinking excelsis group
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.
blinking exercises
The study group was instructed to instill artificial tears and perform blinking exercises three- five times a day for 4 weeks.
control group
this group receive moisturizing eye drop only
blinking exercises
The study group was instructed to instill artificial tears and perform blinking exercises three- five times a day for 4 weeks.
Interventions
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blinking exercises
The study group was instructed to instill artificial tears and perform blinking exercises three- five times a day for 4 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
60 Years
75 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Norther Private Collage of Nursing
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Amal
Associate professor
Principal Investigators
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Mostafa Assistance professor, phd
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Cairo University
Locations
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Norther Private Colleague of Nursing
Arar, Norther Border, Saudi Arabia
Countries
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Related Links
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Analysis of influencing factors of dry eyes after cataract surgery and construction of a prediction model
Other Identifiers
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ID/Zu.Nur.REC #: 272
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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