Comparison on the vision‐related quality of life between outpatients and general population with dry eye syndrome

• Published in: Acta ophthalmologica (Oxford, England) Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. e124 - e132
• Main Authors: Le, Qihua, Ge, Ling, Li, Meiyan, Wu, Liangcheng, Xu, Jianjiang, Hong, Jiaxu, Gong, Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 25‐item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cross-Sectional Studies; dry eye syndrome; Dry Eye Syndromes - diagnosis; Dry Eye Syndromes - psychology; Eyes & eyesight; Female; Fluorescein; Fluorescent Dyes; Fluorophotometry; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Ocular Surface Disease Index Questionnaire; Ophthalmology; Outpatients; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Sickness Impact Profile; Staining and Labeling - methods; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tears - physiology; Vision, Ocular - physiology; Visual Acuity - physiology; visual quality of life; Young Adult; visual quality of life; Ocular Surface Disease Index Questionnaire; dry eye syndrome; 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire

. Purpose:  To compare the impact of dry eye syndrome (DES) on vision‐related quality of life (VR‐QoL) between outpatients and general populations. Methods:  This cross‐sectional comparative study enrolled 154 participants, 77 outpatients and 77 general participants, all of whom met the diagnostic c...