Dry Eye Response to Interval Exercise and Mediterranean Diet
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
in the recent times, dry eye was found to be correlated sedentary life style, obesity, hypertension. So, changing the sedentary lifestyle is recommended
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Detailed Description
older patient who will complain from dry eye will be collected. it is planned to recruit 60 elderly (with obesity and hypertension) to be distributed into group 1 (this group will receive 3-time interval exercise per the week, applied for 30 min with high intensity, plus Mediterranean Diet) and group 2 (this group will receive only 3-time interval exercise per the week, applied for 30 min with high intensity). Every group will contain 30 elderly
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Experimental: group 1 30 older patient who will complain from dry eye will receive 3-time interval exercise per the week, applied for 30 min with high intensity, plus Mediterranean Diet for 6 months |
Behavioral: lifestyle change
30 older patient who will complain from dry eye will receive 3-time interval exercise per the week, applied for 30 min with high intensity, plus Mediterranean Diet for 6 months
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Active Comparator: group 2 30 older patient who will complain from dry eye will receive 3-time interval exercise per the week, applied for 30 min with high intensity, for 6 months |
Other: exercise
30 older patient who will complain from dry eye will receive 3-time interval exercise per the week, applied for 30 min with high intensity, for 6 months
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Schirmer's test [6 months]
tear-production speed test
Secondary Outcome Measures
- scoring system for dry eye [6 months]
it is a questionnaire will assess dry-eye severity
- Ocular surface disability index [6 months]
it is a questionnaire will assess complaints of patients due to severity of dry-eye
- tear film break up time testing [6 months]
it is a test that will assess tear film stabilization
- Oxford grading system [6 months]
a test will examine ocular epithelial damage
- blood systole [6 months]
it will be measured by sphygmomanometer
- blood diastole [6 months]
it will be measured by sphygmomanometer
- weight [6 months]
it will be expressed in kilograms
- body mass index [6 months]
it will be gained by dividing weight of subject on his or her squared height
- waist circumference [6 months]
it will be evaluated by tape measurements of treatment
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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elderly patients with dry eye complaints
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the patients will be obese and hypertensives
Exclusion Criteria:
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heart or respiration problems
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other diagnosed eye or systemic diseases
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Cairo Unoversity | Giza | Egypt |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Cairo University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Ali Ismail, lecturer, Cairo University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- P.T.REC/012/003553