Prevalence of dry eye among an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan

Lin, Pei Yu; Tsai, Shin‐Yi; Cheng, Ching‐Yu; Liu, Jorn Hon; Chou, Pesus; Hsu, Wen Ming

doi:10.1016/s0161-6420(03)00262-8

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“…For the prevalence of DED by symptoms and signs, female sex was also found to be a positive covariate. The persisted sex difference across all ages has also been reported in some previous studies, which might be a combined result of different hormonal effects on the ocular surface, lacrimal gland, etc., however, this variation between sexes has not become a universally acknowledged notion in previous studies [12,15,44,45], this may be caused by different definitions of DED in their investigations, in our study, no sex difference was observed for the prevalence of DED by symptoms. More studies are still needed to explore if DED is a more prevalent condition among females, with a focus on different types of DED.…”

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Variations of dry eye disease prevalence by age, sex and geographic characteristics in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Song¹,

Xia²,

Wang³

et al. 2018

Journal of Global Health

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BackgroundDry eye disease (DED) is one of the most prevalent ocular diseases in the world. In China, new lifestyles driven by information technology and the rapid ageing process have brought DED a severe public health concern. The aim of our study was to obtain the pooled prevalence of DED in China and explore its potential correlates.MethodsA comprehensive systematic review was conducted to identify all relevant literature published since 1990. Meta-analysis and meta-regression approaches were adopted to estimate the prevalence of DED. The number of people with DED was obtained by multiplying the corresponding demographic data in 2010.ResultsAdvanced age, female sex and larger latitude were significant risk factors for DED by symptoms and signs, whereas only advanced age was positively associated with an increased prevalence of DED by symptoms. In 2010, the prevalence of DED by symptoms and signs were 13.55% (95% CI = 10.00-18.05) and that of DED by symptoms was 31.40% (95% CI = 23.02-41.13) in Chinese people aged 5-89 years, corresponding to a total of 170.09 million (95% CI = 125.52-226.63) and 394.13 million (95% CI = 288.99-516.30) affected individuals respectively.ConclusionsThe huge burden of DED in China calls for more public health attention and actions. Improved epidemiological studies on DED prevalence are still urgently needed.

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Variations of dry eye disease prevalence by age, sex and geographic characteristics in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Song¹,

Xia²,

Wang³

et al. 2018

Journal of Global Health

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109

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“…Schirmer I test results were expressed as the wet length of the strip measured after 5 min. Results of 6 mm or less were accepted as dry eye [16]. For the TBUT test, 2 min after the application of fluorescein dye, the TBUT is measured at the slit lamp by using the cobalt blue filter over the light source.…”

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A Pilot Study Investigating the Impact of Topical Nasal Steroid Spray in Allergic Rhinitis Patients with Dry Eye

Yenigün

Elbay

Doğan

et al. 2018

Int Arch Allergy Immunol

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Objective: The aim of this study is to demonstrate the effect of nasal steroid treatment on intraocular pressure and dry eye in allergic rhinitis patients with dry eye. Materials and Methods: Twenty-nine patients with a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis and dry eye were included. Symptoms and findings of patients before and after nasal steroid therapy were compared. Result: Ocular Surface Disease Index scores for dry eye symptoms showed significant improvement after nasal steroid treatment (p = 0.003). In the Schirmer test, no significant change was observed in the right or left eye (p = 0.167 and p = 0.489). For the tear film break-up time, no significant change was observed in the right or left eye (p = 0.076 and (p = 0.170). No significant change was observed in the right eye or the left eye in an intraocular pressure test (p = 0.893 and p = 0.495). Conclusion: In our study, symptoms of dry eye with allergic rhinitis were significantly improved with nasal steroid therapy, without affecting the intraocular pressure.

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“…34 The prevalence of dry eye (23.5%) was relatively high compared with other studies of white populations (14.6%). 35 Women have a frequent symptom of dry eye with a rate of 33.7% (n ¼ 1361). Schirmer test is incapable of detecting meibomian gland diseases.…”

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Prevalence of dry eye among an elderly Chinese population in Taiwan

Cited by 542 publications

References 10 publications

Variations of dry eye disease prevalence by age, sex and geographic characteristics in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Variations of dry eye disease prevalence by age, sex and geographic characteristics in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Pilot Study Investigating the Impact of Topical Nasal Steroid Spray in Allergic Rhinitis Patients with Dry Eye

Epidemiology of Eye Diseases Among Ethnic Chinese: Data from the Shihpai Eye Study

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