Work productivity loss in patients with dry eye disease: an online survey

Abstract

DED is associated with work productivity loss and impairment of daily activities. These results should be interpreted in the context of limitations related to online survey research.

Interobserver and intraobserver repeatability of lipid layer pattern evaluation by two experienced observers

“…Informed consent was obtained from all subjects. In order to offer less variability in evaluated images, we established a cut-off value >10 mm for phenol red test [7,17,18], <13 for OSDI [3,7,19] and <12 for McMonnies questionnaires [7,20] and patients were excluded if they failed two of these tests [21]. All the subjects had a good ocular and general health, were not wearing contact lenses and were free of any disease or drug that could alter the data of the study.…”

“…SPSS statistical software v. 19.0 for Windows (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL) was used for data analysis. Intraobserver repeatability and interobserver repeatability between both sessions were studied by using Cohen's kappa coefficient [21,22], a statistical measure of inter-annotator agreement for qualitative (categorical) items.…”

Dry Eye-Related Visual Blurring and Irritative Symptoms and Their Association with Depression and Anxiety in Eye Clinic Patients

“…DES is defined by the international Dry Eye Workshop to be ''a chronic eye condition with increased osmolality of tear film and inflammation of ocular surface, causing symptoms of discomfort, visual disturbances, and tear film instability with potential damage to the ocular surface''. 5 The symptoms of DES impacts negatively on a person's wellbeing, 6,7 work productivity, 8 finances 9 and quality of life (QoL). [10][11][12][13][14] There have also been some data suggesting the negative effects of DES on the psychological wellbeing of individuals.…”

Automated diagnosis of dry eye using infrared thermography images

“…It has been estimated dysfunction is a very common problem in human populations [10,11] and about 70% of Chinese people have tear instability [12]. The problem is aggravated by urban living conditions such as exposure to long hours of computer monitor use, air conditioning, accompanied by stressful conditions and sleep disorders and thus impacting the work productivity [13,14]. The stability of the tears depends on the superficial tear lipid layer and influences tear evaporation.…”