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How Long to Continue Eyelid Hygiene to Treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Authors
 Hyunmin Ahn  ;  Bo Yi Kim  ;  Jinyoung Kim  ;  Yong Woo Ji  ;  Ikhyun Jun  ;  Tae-Im Kim  ;  Hyung Keun Lee  ;  Kyoung Yul Seo 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, Vol.11(3) : 529, 2022-02 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Issue Date
2022-02
Keywords
compliance ; eyelid hygiene ; 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 group (p < 0.001). Approximately 40.1% of the participants continuously maintained eyelid hygiene throughout the observational period. The MGD stage in the eyelid hygiene group continued to decrease for 6 months and was maintained thereafter. After 4 months of stopping eyelid hygiene, the MGD stage in the withdrawal group was worse than in the eyelid hygiene group (p < 0.001) and similar to that in the control group (p = 0.762). Maintaining eyelid hygiene was significantly effective in MGD treatment. Efficacy increased with treatment for 6 months, and the efficacy duration was maintained for 4 months even after stopping eyelid hygiene. Therefore, we recommend that patients with MGD maintain eyelid hygiene, and compliance should be checked continuously.
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DOI
10.3390/jcm11030529
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Ophthalmology (안과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Tae-Im(김태임) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6414-3842
Seo, Kyoung Yul(서경률) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9855-1980
Ahn, Hyunmin(안현민)
Lee, Hyung Keun(이형근) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-2136
Jun, Ik Hyun(전익현) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2160-1679
Ji, Yong Woo(지용우) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7211-6278
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/187981
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