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Effect of Blinking Exercises on Eye Dryness and Quality of Life for ElderlyPeople

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Eye dryness is a common health problem among older adults which negatively impacts their quality of life. Aim: To assess the effect of blinking exercises on eye dryness and quality of life for elderly people. Design: A quasi-experimental research design (Pre/post-test) was utilized. Sample: A purposive sample of one hundred elderly patients who complained from dry eye was selected. Setting: The study was conducted in ophthalmology outpatient clinics at Minia University Hospital, Egypt. Methods: Three validated tools were used 1) A structured interview questionnaire sheet involving personal and medical profiles. 2) Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire, and 3) Impact Dry Eye Everyday Life Questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the studied sample was 68.62±8.62, and 59.0% were female. It was found that the severity of eye dryness declined after the implementation of eye blinking exercises to 5% versus 15% before the intervention at a mild level and declined to 15% at a moderate level compared with 40% before with a high statistical significance difference P value < 0.00001*. Additionally, the effect of eye dryness on quality of life diminished with a statistically significant difference between pretest & after 4 weeks of the intervention reflected by P-value=0. 0352. Conclusion: Applying eye blinking exercises effectively reduced eye dryness and improved the quality of life among older adults. Recommendation: Health education and training should be provided regularly in eye blinking exercises in different healthcare settings for elders with the availability of related posters, brochures, and handouts given to them.

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10.21608/asnj.2024.293842.1829

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Blinking exercises, Eye dryness, older adults & Quality of life

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Amal

Last Name

Mohamed

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Hashem

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt.

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amalm53@yahoo.com

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Soher

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Awad

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Ahmed

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Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.

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soher@aun.edu.eg

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Assiut

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0000-0003-2505-063X

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Rokia

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Mohamed

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Fathi

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Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt.

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doctor.rokaia@gmail.com

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Fyaza

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Mohamed

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Mohamed

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Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt.

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fayza@aun.edu.eg

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12

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45

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48834

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2024-07-01

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2024-06-03

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2024-07-01

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118

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128

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Effect of Blinking Exercises on Eye Dryness and Quality of Life for ElderlyPeople

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24 Dec 2024