ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2019
Association among Blink Rate, Changes in Ocular Surface Temperature, Tear Film Stability, and Functional Visual Acuity in Patients after Cataract Surgery.
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- The Reciprocal Relationship Between Blinking and Non-invasive Tear Break-up Time (NI-BUT): A Pilot Study Toward Personalised Tear Film Stability Interpretation.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026Observational
- Regional Tear Film Quality Changes Across Eye Gaze Directions Revealed by Spatial Mapping and Threshold Sensitivity Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Unveiling dry eye disease prior to cataract surgery: A multicenter clinical study.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2026Article
- Pre- and Post-cataract Surgery Blinking Rate as an Evaluative Indicator of Clinical Outcome.Cureus · 2025Article
- Relationship between tear film stability, dry eye symptoms, and night driving vision among Malaysian adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- Digital Challenges: Investigating Computer Vision Syndrome in Thai Esports Through a Case-Control Approach.Clinical optometry · 2024Article
- Alpha-Glycerylphosphorylcholine and D-Panthenol Eye Drops in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery.Journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Impact of Ocular Surface Temperature on Tear Characteristics: Current Insights.Clinical optometry · 2021Review
- Correlation between Blood Flow and Temperature of the Ocular Anterior Segment in Normal Subjects.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Persistently Worsened Tear Break-up Time and Keratitis in Unilateral Pseudophakic Eyes after a Long Postoperative Period.Biomedicines · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the association among the ocular surface temperature (OST), tear film stability, functional visual acuity (FVA), and blink rate in patients after cataract surgery.
methodsWe recruited 98 eyes of 69 patients (mean age, 73.7 ± 5.2 years) 1 month after phacoemulsification with implantation of acrylic intraocular lenses and assessed slit-lamp microscopy, corrected distance VA, FVA, noninvasive tear breakup time (NIBUT), and OST. We defined the changes in the OST from 0 to 10 seconds after eye opening as the ΔOST. We measured the FVA and blink rate using the FVA measurement system. We divided the patients into two groups based on tear film stability: stable tear film (NIBUT, >5.0 seconds) and unstable tear film (NIBUT, ≤5.0 seconds). We evaluated the differences between the two groups and the association between the blink rate and other clinical parameters.
resultsThe unstable tear film group (56 eyes) had significantly (
conclusionsThe frequency of blinks is associated with tear film stability in patients after cataract surgery. The blink rate may be useful for evaluating the tear film stability in clinical practice. The ΔOST should be an important contributing factor to the blink rate. [This trial is registered with UMIN000026970].
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