Patient Reported Differences in Dry Eye Disease between Men and Women: Impact, Management, and Patient Satisfaction

Debra A Schaumberg, Miki Uchino, William G Christen, Richard D Semba, Julie E Buring and Jim Z Li

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 9, 1-

Abstract: Purpose: Dry eye disease affects women twice as often as men, but there is little information on whether dry eye treatments, treatment satisfaction, or the impact of dry eye disease on patients’ lives and vision might differ by sex. Design: Questionnaire survey of 4000 participants in the Women’s Health Study and the Physicians’ Health Studies I and II with a prior report of a diagnosis of DED. Methods: Among participants who re-confirmed a diagnosis of dry eye disease, we assessed symptoms, treatments, patient satisfaction and impact of dry eye disease, and analyzed differences between men and women using regression models. Results: The final study population consisted of 1,518 women (mean age 70.7 years) and 581 men (mean age 76.7 years), with a mean reported duration of dry eye disease of 10.5 years and 10.1 years, respectively. The frequency and severity of dry eye disease symptoms were higher among women (each P

Date: 2013
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