International survey on dry eye diagnosis by experts
| Primer Autor |
Figueiredo, Francisco C.
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| Co-autores |
Cartes, Cristian
Segovia, Christian
Calonge, Margarita
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| Título |
International survey on dry eye diagnosis by experts
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| Editorial |
CELL PRESS
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| Revista |
HELIYON
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| Lenguaje |
en
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| Resumen |
Purpose: To evaluate patterns and opinion from international experts with respect to dry eye disease (DED) diagnosis in clinical practice.Methods: An online survey was distributed to worldwide DED experts. The use of diagnosis tests was evaluated including: symptoms questionnaires, functional tests, tear stability, tear volume, tear composition, surface damage and inflammation, and eyelid assessment. After the subjective importance of symptoms, tear break up time (TBUT), non-invasive TBUT, Schirmer's test, tear meniscus height, tear osmolarity, tear metalloproteinase 9, blepharitis assessment and non-contact meibography was evaluated according to likert scale.Results: The survey was sent to 109 experts, and 77 completed the questionnaire (rate of response = 70.6%). Most of the participants were from North America (27%) and Europe (40%). A ma-jority of respondents (73%) diagnose DED using clinical signs and symptoms, but not fulfilling a specific criteria. Seventy-six participants (98.7%) use symptoms questionnaires. All participants evaluate damage to ocular surface, and fluorescein staining is the most frequent method used (92%). Also, all the respondents perform meibomian gland and blepharitis assessment. On the other hand, only 69.8% evaluate tear composition, being osmolarity the most common test used (66.2%). Regarding to the importance of tests, TBUT (p = 0.002) and Schirmer's (p = 0.021) were found to be more important to experts from Europe than North America. No differences were found in any other test (p > 0.05).Conclusions: This survey offers updated and day-to-day diagnostic clinical practice by DED worldwide experts. The results highlight the importance of symptoms and clinical signs, but not necessarily following a strict criteria.
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| Fecha Publicación |
2023
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| Tipo de Recurso |
artículo original
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| doi |
10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16995
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| Formato Recurso |
PDF
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| Palabras Claves |
Dry eye disease
Diagnosis
Symptoms questionnaires
Expert survey
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| Ubicación del archivo | |
| Categoría OCDE |
Ciencia y tecnología: otros temas
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| Materias |
Enfermedad del ojo seco
Diagnóstico
Cuestionarios de síntomas
Encuesta de expertos
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| Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único) |
artículo original
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| Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único) |
versión publicada
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| License |
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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| Condición de la licencia (Recomendado-repetible) |
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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| Derechos de acceso |
acceso abierto
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| Access Rights |
acceso abierto
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| Id de Web of Science |
WOS:001044031100001
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| Tipo de ruta |
verde# dorado
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| Categoría WOS |
Ciencia y tecnología: otros temas
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