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Dryness symptoms among an unselected clinical population with and without contact lens wear.

Chalmers RL, Begley CG

Indiana University, School of Optometry, Bloomington, USA. robinchamloers@mindspring.com

Dry Eye Questionnaire (DEQ) and Contact Lens Dry Eye Questionnaire (CLDEQ) from unselected eye care patients (including current, former and non-contact lens wearers) were analyzed to contrast dryness symptoms among patients with and without contact lenses. Contact lens wearers reported a higher incidence of intense symptoms, especially late in the day (12.7% AM versus 41.1% PM, p < 0.0001), that diminished when they removed lenses (p = 0.0001). Dryness intensity was not correlated with gender and was inversely correlated with age among contact lens wearers, differing significantly from the pattern among non-lens wearers. Contact lens related dryness differs from dry eye among non-lens wearers.

Published 17 March 2006 in Cont Lens Anterior Eye, 29(1): 25-30.
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