How Long to Continue Eyelid Hygiene to Treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction.

ABSTRACT: To determine the efficacy duration of eyelid hygiene for meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) treatment, a total of 1015 participants with primary MGD, followed for at least 6 months, were enrolled. The participants were classified into the eyelid hygiene group and the control group. The participants who had stopped eyelid hygiene at any point in the observation period after the initial 2 months were classified into the withdrawal group. Analysis was conducted with a generalized linear mixed model. Treatment group, age, sex, ocular surface inflammation, anti-inflammatory treatments, and baseline MGD subtype were considered as fixed effects, and the individual factor was considered as a random effect. The MGD stage decreased significantly for the observational period in the eyelid hygiene grou

SUBMITTER: Ahn H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8837031 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature