Impact of Dry Eye Syndrome on Vision-Related Quality of Life

Abstract

DES is associated with a measurable adverse impact on several common and important tasks of daily living, further implicating this condition as an important public health problem deserving increased attention and resources.

Impact of symptomatic dry eye on vision-related daily activities: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

“…3 For activities in which relatively few persons participated in our sample (for example, only 731 of 3265 participants reported playing chess/cards), the sample size may not be sufficient to enable us to detect statistically significant differences. Differences in some of the daily activities performed by the participants, ethnicity of the participants, and study methodology could explain some discrepancy in findings across studies.…”

“…However, in that study, only three questions, instead of six, were used to assess dry eye symptoms. 3 Difficulty in performing the above activities may be related to prolonged gazing and reduced blinking due to greater visual demands in performing these activities and exposure to air-conditioning and low-humidity environments, which can result in instability and increased evaporation of the tear film leading to irregularity of the optical refracting surfaces. Previous studies have reported a significant reduction in the blinking rate associated with visual display terminal work, 22 reading, 8 and increased driving speed, 8,23 which can further result in instability of the tear film.…”

“…Differences in some of the daily activities performed by the participants, ethnicity of the participants, and study methodology could explain some discrepancy in findings across studies. 3 Pooled data from the women's health study and the physicians' health study in the United States, with 690 participants (preponderance of female Figure 1 Data showing difficulty in recognizing road signs (a) and driving at night (b). The percentages for difficulty in performing the activities in each subgroup are calculated from the total number of participants in the subgroup who responded to each activity.…”

“…[3][4][5] The prevalence of symptomatic dry eye has been estimated to be between 15-33% in adult populations and is thought to be more common in elderly and females, and possibly Asians. 6 In the United States, the cost of managing and treating dry eye patients in healthcare organizations is $700 000 per million patients.…”

Uso de ciclosporina 0,05% tópica no tratamento do olho seco de pacientes portadores do vírus HIV

“…O olho seco é uma doença multifatorial da lágrima com dano potencial à superfície ocular, que resulta em desconforto, turvação visual e instabilidade do filme lacrimal (14) , com significativo impacto na qualidade de vida (28,29) .…”