Dry Eye Disease: Impact on Quality of Life and Vision

Dry eye disease (DED) is a growing public health concern causing ocular discomfort, fatigue, and visual disturbance that interferes with quality of life (QoL), including aspects of physical, social, and psychological functioning, daily activities, and workplace productivity. This article assesses th...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Current ophthalmology reports 2013-06, Vol.1 (2), p.51-57
Main Authors: Uchino, Miki, Schaumberg, Debra A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical outcomes
Dry Eye Syndrome Diagnosis and Treatment (P Asbell
Eye diseases
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Ophthalmology
Patients
Physicians
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Reading
Section Editor
Visual acuity
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Dry eye disease (DED) is a growing public health concern causing ocular discomfort, fatigue, and visual disturbance that interferes with quality of life (QoL), including aspects of physical, social, and psychological functioning, daily activities, and workplace productivity. This article assesses the current understanding of the impact of DED on QoL and vision. The full impact of DED on a patient’s QoL is not easily quantifiable, but several methods and techniques have been evaluated to measure the decreased quality of vision from DED, and a number of questionnaires have been developed to quantify the impact of DED on various aspects of patient QoL. We summarize available evidence on the impact of DED from a review of published literature.
ISSN:2167-4868
2167-4868
DOI:10.1007/s40135-013-0009-1