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Schirmer tear test 2 and tear break-up time values in a South African young black adult population.

dc.contributor.advisorOduntan, Olalekan Alabi.
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Naimah Ebrahim.
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-27T07:04:08Z
dc.date.available2013-11-27T07:04:08Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Optom.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2012.en
dc.description.abstractAim: The aim of this study was to establish normal values for Schirmer tear test (version 2) and tear break up time (TBUT) in a South African young adult Black population. Method: Following ethical approval by the biomedical research and ethics committee, KwaZulu-Natal, participants were recruited from the city of Durban in South Africa via personal invitations, poster advertisements and University of KwaZulu-Natal optometry clinic clients. McMonnies questionnaire for dry eye diagnosis was administered and those who failed were excluded from the main study. Two hundred (100 males and 100 females) participants who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Following a slit lamp examination of the eye, the Schirmer test was administered and the following day, the TBUT was measured. A re-test version of the two procedures were conducted one week after, at about the same time of the day for each subject. Results: The participants were aged 18-30 years, mean = 20.77 ± 2.29 years. The mean Schirmer test values for all participants (N = 200; 400 eyes) was 15.96 ± 6.86mm. The values for the males and females (200 eyes each) were 16.34 ± 6.93mm and 15.58 ± 6.81mm respectively. The mean TBUT (400 eyes) was 7.18 ± 1.89 secs. The mean values for the males and females (200 eyes each) were 6.90 ± 1.88 secs and 7.32 ± 1.67 secs respectively. A strong positive correlation (r = 0.895) and (r = 0.914) respectively was found between the right and left eyes in the two tests. Conclusion: Generally, the mean values found in this study for the Schirmer test are similar to those that have been reported in the literature. However, values for TBUT differ from the values that have been previously reported, being higher in some instances and lower in others. These findings have implications for dry eye diagnosis and also contact lens practice in South Africa.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/10078
dc.language.isoen_ZAen
dc.subjectDry eye syndromes.en
dc.subjectContact lenses.en
dc.subjectTheses--Optometry.en
dc.titleSchirmer tear test 2 and tear break-up time values in a South African young black adult population.en
dc.typeThesisen

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