The effect of polyethylene cover intervention on ocular surface disorder of intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateThis manuscript, derived from a Ph.D. thesis in nursing (Project No. 99000530), was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code of IR.KMU.REC. 1399.575). At the request of the ethics committee, the present study was conducted following the Declaration of Helsinki and Ethics Publication on Committee (COPE). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This research project did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors."

"We systematically reviewed studies assessing eye nursing care interventions using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) []. The protocol for this study was registered with ID CRD42021288586 in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO)."