Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography for Monitoring the Lower Tear Meniscus in Dry Eye after Acupuncture Treatment
Table 4
Mean changes of clinical parameters from baseline after 4 weeks of treatment for all subjects and each subgroup in artificial tear and acupuncture groups.
Subgroups
OSDI
CFS
S1T (mm)
TBUT (s)
All subjects
Artificial tear group
−4.44 (±10.26)
−0.10 (±0.56)
0.00 (±1.58)
0.19 (±0.93)
Acupuncture group
−13.24 (±13.31)
−0.70 (±0.90)
1.75 (±1.46)
1.45 (±1.73)
value
0.0016
0.0001
0.0000
0.0000
LTD
Artificial tear group
−1.86 (±5.45)
−0.10 (±0.32)
−0.70 (±1.49)
−0.20 (±1.03)
Acupuncture group
−20.54 (±10.89)
−0.33 (±0.71)
2.89 (±1.05)
2.00 (±1.12)
value
0.0002
0.3574
0.0000
0.0003
SSDE
Artificial tear group
2.69 (±12.15)
0.22 (±1.09)
−0.11 (±1.45)
−0.11 (±0.60)
Acupuncture group
−6.18 (±8.44)
−0.33 (±0.87)
0.56 (±0.53)
0.22 (±0.66)
value
0.0910
0.2494
0.2140
0.2817
Non-SSDE
Artificial tear group
−7.17 (±9.91)
−0.18 (±0.39)
0.24 (±1.62)
0.39 (±0.93)
Acupuncture group
−13.16 (±14.39)
−0.96 (±0.92)
1.77 (±1.50)
1.69 (±1.98)
value
0.0236
0.0000
0.0005
0.0015
LTD = lipid tear deficiency; SSDE = Sjögren syndrome dry eye; Non-SSDE = non-Sjögren syndrome dry eye; OSDI = Ocular Surface Disease Index; score was determined out of a total of 100; TBUT = tear break-up time. values (<0.05) indicate the statistically significant differences between the acupuncture and artificial tear group. Results indicated with asterisk () denote statistically significant change from the baseline ( < 0.05).
