Comparison of ocular-surface disease index questionnaire, tearfilm break-up time, and Schirmer tests for the evaluation of the tearfilm in computer users with and without dry-eye symptomatology

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1303-1306

  Ünlü, Cihan ^a   Güney, Esra ^a   Akçay, Betül Ilkay Sezgin ^a   Akçali, Gülünay ^a   Erdoǧan, Gürkan ^a   Bayramlar, Hüseyin ^b  

^a UMRANIYE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b GOZTEPE TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer use; Dry eye; Ocular surface disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE INDEX QUESTIONNAIRE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEARFILM BREAKUP TIME TEST; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 84865808979     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S33588     Document Type: Article

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