Changes in Distribution of Dry Eye Diagnostic Status Among Visual Display Terminal Workers According to the Revised Criteria of the Asia Dry Eye Society

Ryutaro Yamanishi; Miki Uchino; Yuichi Uchino; Motoko Kawashima; Murat Dogru; Norihiko Yokoi; Kazuo Tsubota

doi:10.1097/ICO.0000000000002218

Changes in Distribution of Dry Eye Diagnostic Status Among Visual Display Terminal Workers According to the Revised Criteria of the Asia Dry Eye Society

Cornea. 2020 May;39(5):578-583. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002218.

Authors

Ryutaro Yamanishi¹, Miki Uchino¹, Yuichi Uchino¹, Motoko Kawashima¹, Murat Dogru¹, Norihiko Yokoi², Kazuo Tsubota¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; and.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 31764282
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002218

Abstract

Purpose: The present study aimed to compare the prevalence of dry eye disease (DED) among visual display terminal users using the revised and previous DED criteria.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included 561 participants (187 women).

Results: The distribution of diagnostic status according to the previous DED criteria was as follows: definite DED (n = 65, 11.6%), probable DED (n = 303, 54.0%), and non-DED (n = 193, 34.4%). According to the revised criteria, 329 participants (58.6%) were classified as DED and 232 participants (41.4%) were classified as non-DED.

Conclusions: The prevalence of DED among visual display terminal users has increased to 58.6% from 11.6%, according to the revised DED diagnostic criteria of the Asia Dry Eye Society.

MeSH terms

Adult
Asia / epidemiology
Computer Terminals*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological*
Disease Progression
Dry Eye Syndromes / diagnosis*
Dry Eye Syndromes / epidemiology
Dry Eye Syndromes / etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Ophthalmology*
Prevalence
Societies, Medical*