NCT05536661

Impact of Tear Substitute Use on Dry Eye in Gamers.

Dry Eye and Digital Asthenopia Signs and Symptoms in Gaming Adults. Impact of Tear Substitute Use.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Laboratorios Thea, Spain · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Clinical, prospective, comparative, controlled, single-blind study, on the signs and symptoms of dry eye before and after 3 days of playing video games with the use of artificial tears (Hyabak) versus no intervention.

Detailed description

Adult attendees to a Gamers convention will complete questionnairs and undergo an opthalmological evaluation before and after playing for 3 days in a row. Participants will be randomized into 2 groups of equal size: 1. Study group. 2. Control group. The Study group will instill hyaluronic acid 0.15% artificial tears in both eyes 4 times a day during the 3 days of the video game session, while the control group will not instill artificial tears.

Conditions

• Evaporative Dry Eye

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Preservative free hyaluronic acid artificial tear	Ocular lubricant

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-07-04
• Primary completion: 2019-07-07
• Completion: 2019-07-07
• First posted: 2022-09-13
• Last updated: 2022-09-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain