ArticleJournal of ophthalmology2020
Function and Morphology of the Meibomian Glands Using a LipiView Interferometer in Rotating Shift Medical Staff.
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- TFOS lifestyle: Impact of societal challenges on the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Pooled it
- A scoping review of integrated blink analysis technologies for ocular surface diseases.Eye (London, England) · 2026Review
- Reference Estimates of Mean Tear Film Lipid Layer Thickness Measured with LipiViewJournal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Meibography signal intensity as a novel image biomarker for meibomian gland function: evidence from cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- A comparative study on the lipid layer thickness analysis of medical staff before and after work.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Clinical Practice Guidelines.Japanese journal of ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Perceived Eye-Related Symptoms and Influencing Factors in Hospital Nurses.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Dry eye disease and tear film assessment through a novel non-invasive ocular surface analyzer: The OSA protocol.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Orthokeratology Lens Wear for 2 Years in Children Did Not Alter Tear Film Lipid Thickness by Non-Invasive Interferometry.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeTo investigate the function and morphology of meibomian glands (MG) in night shift medical staff (MS).
methodsSixty-two eyes of 31 patients in the MS group and 59 eyes of 31 patients in the control group were consecutively enrolled. All participants completed Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) and Standard Patient Dry Eye Evaluation (SPEED) questionnaires for dry eye severity, as well as Schirmer I and tear break-up time (TBUT) tests. LipiView® II Ocular Surface Interferometer was used for lipid layer thickness (LLT), MG dropout, and partial blink (PB) rate tests. MG expression was measured with an MG evaluator.
resultsThe OSDI score in the MS group was 22.39 ± 13.42, which was significantly higher than that in the control group (9.87 ± 6.64
conclusionsNight shift MS had a higher incidence of MGD compared to day workers.
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