College students' awareness of dry eye and the prevalence of symptomatic dry eye disease
10.3760/cma.j.cn341190-20221109-00892
- VernacularTitle:大学生对干眼的认知及症状性干眼患病情况分析
- Author:
Jingge GAO
1
;
Lili LONG
Author Information
1. 四川大学望江医院五官科，成都 610065
- Keywords:
Xerophthalmia;
Cognition;
Surveys and questionnaires;
Students;
Prevalence
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2023;30(10):1539-1544
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate college students' awareness of dry eye and the prevalence of symptomatic dry eye disease.Methods:From October 2019 to January 2020, self-designed questionnaires including basic information, daily habits, dry eye cognition, and the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) scale, were distributed to students at Sichuan University. Univariate analysis and multivariate analysis were performed using SPSS 25.0 software.Results:A total of 1 013 valid questionnaires were collected. The awareness rate of dry eye among college students was 54.9% (556/1 013). The average OSDI scale score of college students was 14.02 ± 12.35 points. A total of 501 (49.5%) college students were judged to develop symptomatic dry eye disease by OSDI scale screening, of which 301 (29.7%) college students had mild dry eye disease, 124 (12.2%) college students had moderate dry eye disease and 76 (7.5%) college students had severe dry eye disease. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that the number of adverse habits associated with dry eyes ( P = 0.003), sleep quality at night ( P < 0.001), use of over-the-counter eye drops ( P < 0.001), and daily time spent in reading video terminals ( P < 0.001) were the influential factors of symptomatic dry eye disease screened by OSDI. Conclusion:College Students' awareness of dry eye needs to be improved. The prevalence of symptomatic dry eye disease in college students judged by the OSDI scale is high.
