Association between functional status and ocular surface disease among local elderly population in Hong Kong.
Semin Ophthalmol
; 36(7): 497-500, 2021 Oct 03.
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| ID: mdl-33602022
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To evaluate the correlation between ocular surface disease (OSD) and functional status among elderly population over 60 years old in Hong Kong.Methods:
Chinese subjects above 60 years old were recruited from the Ophthalmology clinic in Hong Kong West Cluster. Subjects demographic and questionnaires to evaluate the functional status were used to correlate with OSD objectively with clinical examination to assess the meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), corneal staining, Schirmer's test and tear break-up time (TBUT); and subjectively with ocular surface disease index (OSDI).Results:
Twenty-eight patients were recruited, with a mean age of 71.5 ± 6.8 years. There was good correlation between the findings of the two eyes for bilateral measurements. Corneal staining was present in 75% of the subjects, while 92.9% of them had positive MGD grading. TBUT was reduced in 85.7% of the subjects. There is a negative association between MGD grading and Barthel index (r = -0.55, p< .01), indicating worse activities of daily living is related to worse MGD. OSDI is negatively associated with Schirmer's test (r = -0.49, p< .01). A negative correlation is also found between TBUT value and corneal staining (r = -0.58, p< .01).Conclusions:
There is a high prevalence of OSD among our subjects. Lower Barthel index (indicating worse Lawton's instrumental activities of daily living) is associated with worse MGD grading. In elderly with poor functional status, care should be taken to manage their OSD.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atividades Cotidianas
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Síndromes do Olho Seco
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Semin Ophthalmol
Assunto da revista:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hong Kong