NCT07110467

Nursing Intervention of Blinking Exercises to Alleviate Dry Eye and Enhance Daily Life in Older Adults

Nursing Intervention of Blinking Exercises as a Non-Pharmacological Approach to Alleviate Dry Eye and Enhance Daily Life in Older Adults: A Quasi-Experimental Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norther Private Collage of Nursing · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study aimed to evaluate the effect of blinking exercises in improving eye dryness and daily life in older adults. Participants aged 60 years and older of both genders, diagnosed with dry eyes and patients who were alert and able to communicate.

Detailed description

The Research hypotheses include H0: Nursing interventions of blinking exercise do not affect the level of dry eyes and daily life in older adults. H1: Nursing interventions of blinking exercise affect the level of dry eyes and daily life in older adults. Participants were divided into two groups (study and control). Both groups were asked to fill out all questionnaires before and after the study using the same tools. In the control group, older adult receives routine care, which was provided by the hospital as examination, application of moisturizing eye drops three- five times Aday for 4 weeks . Participants were asked to answer a post-test using the same pre-test questionnaires. And the study group were divided into small training groups with 3-5 older adult for each group. Two sessions were needed for each group each session took about 1- 2hrs.

Conditions

• Daily Activities
• Eye Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	blinking exercises	The study group was instructed to instill artificial tears and perform blinking exercises three- five times a day for 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-01
• Primary completion: 2025-05-02
• Completion: 2025-06-12
• First posted: 2025-08-07
• Last updated: 2025-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia