Glaucoma Respsosne to Lifestyle Corrections in Sleep Apnea

Cairo University40 enrolled

Overview

glaucoma is prevalent among obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). contnous passive airway pressure is main treatment of OSA. lifestyle corrections also recommended

forty glaucoma patients (high tension priamry open angle form) with OSA, intraocular pressure more than 21 mmHg, and obesity will be involved and divided to group I or group II (number of patients will be twenty in every group) for three month. both groups will apply CPAP during night sleeping daily for three month. group I will apply lifestyle corrections (low calories diet intake and 3-session per-week 40-minute treadmill walking for three month.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obesity

Interventions

lifetyle corrections and CPAPBEHAVIORAL

twenty glaucoma patients (high tension priamry open angle form) with OSA, intraocular pressure more than 21 mmHg, and obesity will be involved in group I will apply CPAP during night sleeping daily for three month. group I will apply lifestyle corrections (low calories diet intake and 3-session per-week 40-minute treadmill walking for three month.

CPAPOTHER

twenty glaucoma patients (high tension priamry open angle form) with OSA, intraocular pressure more than 21 mmHg, and obesity will be involved in group II will apply CPAP during night sleeping daily for three month.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Obstructive sleep apnea patients * obese patients * glaucoma (open angle form with ocular hyoertension) Exclusion Criteria: cardiac patients renal patients hepatic patients

Locations (1)

Cairo University

Giza, Dokki, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Intraocular pressure

it will be measured by tonometery

Time frame: it will be measured after 12 weeks