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Effects of insomnia on symptomatic dry eye during COVID-19 in China: An online survey

Guanghao Qin, Xiaoying Luan, Jiayan Chen, Liangzhe Li, Wei He, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Xingru He, Sile Yu

Medicine, 2023 · article · doi:10.1097/md.0000000000035877 · cited by 5 · Open access (CC BY)

Ocular surface & dry eye

Abstract

Sleep is an essential determinant of health and quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate sleep disorders and symptomatic dry eye (DE) occurrence. This study was a cross-sectional survey of 1393 participants in China. The insomnia severity index (ISI) Questionnaire was used to evaluate sleep quality, and the ocular surface disease index (OSDI) questionnaire was used to assess DE symptoms. Subjects were divided into 2 groups based on subjects with and without symptomatic DE. The patients who had DE (10.48 ± 7.27) had substantially lower ISI scores compared to those without DE (3.57 ± 5.10) (P = .003). Furthermore, each ISI item and total ISI score was significantly correlated with OSDI dry eye severity and total OSDI dry eye score. Higher prevalence of insomnia was found in participants with symptomatic DE, and insomnia correlated significantly with DE symptoms. The present results suggest that clinicians and healthcare workers need to remember that DE and insomnia are highly co-existing health issues.

Keywords: insomnia; dry eye; COVID-19 pandemic; sleep disorders; ocular surface disease; Insomnia Severity Index; Ocular Surface Disease Index; comorbidities

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Qin, G., Luan, X., Chen, J., Li, L., He, W., Pazo, E. E., He, X., Yu, S. (2023). Effects of insomnia on symptomatic dry eye during COVID-19 in China: An online survey. Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000035877

@article{qin2023effects,
  title = {{Effects of insomnia on symptomatic dry eye during COVID-19 in China: An online survey}},
  author = {Qin, Guanghao and Luan, Xiaoying and Chen, Jiayan and Li, Liangzhe and He, Wei and Pazo, Emmanuel Eric and He, Xingru and Yu, Sile},
  journal = {Medicine},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1097/md.0000000000035877},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000035877},
}

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