Overview
Application of tear ferning test for clinical dry eye diagnosis
Description
Comparing dry eye patients' tear ferning structure with non-dry eye patients' to develop a protocol for easy and costless diagnosis in ophthalmology.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged between 20 and 65 years
- For dry eye disease group:
- Schirmer's test results between 5 - 10 mm
- Tear Film Break Up Time less than 10 seconds
- Ocular Surface Disease Index of more than 25
Exclusion Criteria:
- Those have diabetes, hypertension or other chronic diseases
- No evident ocular diseases such as cornea disease, cataracts, vitreous degeneration, glaucoma, and retinopathy.
- Belong to vulnerable groups(pregnancy woman, prisoner, ethical minorities, economic or educationally disadvantaged subjects, disabled individuals such as those at terminal stage of tumorigenesis, blindness, terminal ill individuals)