To built a dry eye acupoint therapeutic instrument by stimulating acupoints with low impulse current .And the safety of the dry eye acupoint treatment device will be tested and the initial validation will be verified.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
120
The dry eye acupuncture point treatment device treat dry eye through stimulating acupuncture points by low pulse current.
0.3% Ali eye drops
Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
Schirmer's test (SLT)
The Schirmer test uses filter paper to wick up tears and measure the amount of production.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks post-treatment
Tear film breakup time (TBUT)
The time interval between keeping eyes open after blinking until the first dry spot appears on the tear film surface is one of the important criteria to evaluate the stability of tear film.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks post-treatment
Ocular Surface Disease Index, OSDI
The most commonly used questionnaire in clinical diagnosis of dry eye. It is mainly used to diagnose dry eye and assess the severity of the condition
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks post-treatment
Corneal fluorescein staining (CFS)
Corneal fluorescein staining (CFS) is a valuable clinical tool to assess the viability of the epithelium.
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks post-treatment
MGD
Meibomian Gland (MG) expressibility and secretion quality
Time frame: baseline and 8 weeks post-treatment
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