Patient Reported Differences in Dry Eye Disease between Men and Women: Impact, Management, and Patient Satisfaction

Dry eye disease affects women twice as often as men, but there is little information on whether dry eye treatments, treatment satisfaction, or the impact of dry eye disease on patients' lives and vision might differ by sex. Questionnaire survey of 4000 participants in the Women's Health St...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 8; no. 9; p. e76121
Main Authors:	Schaumberg, Debra A., Uchino, Miki, Christen, William G., Semba, Richard D., Buring, Julie E., Li, Jim Z.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 30.09.2013 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Aged Cancer Cardiovascular disease Diagnosis Disease control Disease prevention Drug dosages Dry Eye Syndromes - drug therapy Dry Eye Syndromes - pathology Epidemiology Eye Eye diseases Fatty acids Female Gender differences Health care Health risk assessment Hospitals Humans Male Medical personnel Medical schools Medical treatment Men Mens health Occlusion Occupational health Odds Ratio Omega-3 fatty acids Pain Patient satisfaction Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data Physicians Population Population studies Preventive medicine Professionals Public health Questionnaires Regression Analysis Regression models Risk factors Sex Factors Side effects Studies Surveys and Questionnaires Systematic review Tears Treatment Outcome United States Vitamin A Well being Womens health United States United States > US Massachusetts
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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