Table 2.
Summary of procedures and instruments.
| Testing order | Procedure | Instrument |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Compliance and adverse event check | N/A |
| 2 | Symptoms assessment | OSDI and SANDE |
| 3 | Entrance visual acuity | Electronic logMAR chart |
| 4 | Osmolarity | TearLab Osmolarity System |
| 5 | LLT | LipiView |
| 6 | Tear meniscus height | Keratograph® 5M |
| 7 | NIBUT | Atlas® topographer |
| 8 | Eyelid margin features | Slit lamp, fluorescein and Lissamine green. |
| 9 | Corneal staining, conjunctival staining | |
| 10 | LWE | |
| 11 | MG function (meibum quality, expressibility, # glands blocked) | |
| 12 | Meibography | Keratograph® 5M |
| 13 | Schirmer's test | Schirmer's strips |
| 14 | Exit visual acuity | Electronic logMAR chart |