Association between clinical diagnostic tests and health-related quality of life surveys in patients with dry eye syndrome

Abstract

Ocular surface findings and QOL scores of patients with dry eye appear to disagree. Therefore, it is necessary to address subjective symptoms and QOL scores in addition to examination findings when evaluating dry eye.

Depression, ADHD, Job Stress and Sleep Problems with Dry Eye Disease in Korea

“…It caused to stressful state. Stress is a common etiology of dry eye syndrome [24,25]. The results of the present study showed that ADHD as well as depression was the risk factor of DES.…”

Assessment of vision-related quality of life among patients with cataracts and the outcomes of cataract surgery using a newly developed visual function questionnaire: the VFQ-J11

“…The VFQ-25 has been widely used to measure visual functioning in many contexts for more than 10 years [6,8,[13][14][15]. A new instrument of VRQoL assessment, the VFQ-J11, was recently developed.…”

“…It is intended to measure visual function in 11 domains: general vision, ocular pain, near activities, distance activities, vision-specific social functioning, vision-specific mental health, vision-specific role difficulties, vision-specific dependency, driving, color vision and peripheral vision. The 25-item version of the VFQ (VFQ-25) has been used in the evaluation of visual impairment in many studies [6,8,14,15]. Although the VFQ-25 is a shorter version of the 51-item National Eye Institute VFQ, it still contains 25 essential items and 13 optional items that generate sub-scales [13].…”

Effect of Rebamipide Ophthalmic Suspension on Optical Quality in the Short Break-up Time Type of Dry Eye

“…D ry eye affects 5% to 30% of the population worldwide. 1,2 Although there has been considerable confusion regarding the disease definitions and classifications, it has been classified as either aqueous tear-deficient dry eye or evaporative dry eye. 3 Recent attention has been focused on the short break-up time (BUT) type of dry eye.…”