Publications by authors named "B F Power"
Purpose: To investigate the prognostic ability of blink rate and the proportion of incomplete blinking to predict dry eye disease diagnosis, as defined by the TFOS DEWS II criteria.
Methods: A total of 453 community residents (282 females, 171 males; mean ± SD age, 37 ± 19 years) were recruited in an investigator-masked, prospective registry-based, cross-sectional, prognostic study. Dry eye symptomology, tear film quality, and ocular surface characteristics were assessed in a single clinical session, and blink parameters evaluated by an independent masked observer.
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed the effectiveness of two instruments (Keratograph 5M and LipiView II) in measuring meibomian gland health to detect dry eye disease, based on TFOS DEWS II criteria.
- A total of 227 participants were examined for dry eye symptoms and given various tests to evaluate meibomian gland dropout and meiboscale grading.
- Results showed that percentage gland dropout had better diagnostic performance than qualitative grading, with a suggested cut-off of >20% gland dropout indicating dry eye disease, and the two instruments had similar but not interchangeable results.
Article Synopsis
- The study focused on whether a home-based exercise program combined with nutritional guidance (prehabilitation) improves disease-free survival and return to treatment for older cancer patients with frailty compared to usual care.* -
- Out of 204 participants, results showed that the prehabilitation group and control group had similar rates of death or cancer recurrence (11% each), and slightly more patients returned to treatment in the prehabilitation group (29% vs. 23%).* -
- Ultimately, the research found no significant advantage of exercise prehabilitation on disease-free survival or treatment return, suggesting that future studies may need to be larger to detect meaningful effects.*