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A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health

BACKGROUND: A Web-based self-check system including a brief questionnaire would seem to be a suitable tool for rapid disease screening. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this preliminary study was to test a Web-based self-screening questionnaire for drawing attention to dry eye disease among general Interne...

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Autores principales: Kawashima, Motoko, Uchino, Miki, Kawazoe, Takashi, Kamiyashiki, Masaaki, Sano, Kokoro, Tsubota, Kazuo
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Publicado: JMIR Publications Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072379
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2198
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author Kawashima, Motoko
Uchino, Miki
Kawazoe, Takashi
Kamiyashiki, Masaaki
Sano, Kokoro
Tsubota, Kazuo
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Uchino, Miki
Kawazoe, Takashi
Kamiyashiki, Masaaki
Sano, Kokoro
Tsubota, Kazuo
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description BACKGROUND: A Web-based self-check system including a brief questionnaire would seem to be a suitable tool for rapid disease screening. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this preliminary study was to test a Web-based self-screening questionnaire for drawing attention to dry eye disease among general Internet users and identifying those with a higher risk of developing the condition. METHODS: A survey website was launched and used to recruit participants from general Internet users. In the first phase, volunteers were asked to complete a Web-based self-screening questionnaire containing 12 questions on dry eye symptoms. The second phase focused on the respondents who reported five or more dry eye symptoms and expressed their intention to seek medical attention. These participants performed the Schirmer test, for evaluating tear production, and completed a paper-based lifestyle questionnaire to provide relevant background data. RESULTS: Of the 1689 visitors to the website, 980 (58.0%) volunteers completed the Web-based self-screening questionnaire. Among these, 355 (36.2%) respondents reported five or more dry eye symptoms. Then, 99 (27.9%) of the symptomatic participants performed the Schirmer test and completed the paper-based lifestyle questionnaire. Out of these, 32 (32.2%) had abnormal tear production (≤5 mm). CONCLUSIONS: The proposed Web-based self-screening questionnaire seems to be a promising tool for raising awareness of dry eye disease among general Internet users and identifying those with a higher risk of developing the condition, although further research is needed to validate its effectiveness.
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spelling pubmed-37859522013-10-17 A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health Kawashima, Motoko Uchino, Miki Kawazoe, Takashi Kamiyashiki, Masaaki Sano, Kokoro Tsubota, Kazuo J Med Internet Res Original Paper BACKGROUND: A Web-based self-check system including a brief questionnaire would seem to be a suitable tool for rapid disease screening. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this preliminary study was to test a Web-based self-screening questionnaire for drawing attention to dry eye disease among general Internet users and identifying those with a higher risk of developing the condition. METHODS: A survey website was launched and used to recruit participants from general Internet users. In the first phase, volunteers were asked to complete a Web-based self-screening questionnaire containing 12 questions on dry eye symptoms. The second phase focused on the respondents who reported five or more dry eye symptoms and expressed their intention to seek medical attention. These participants performed the Schirmer test, for evaluating tear production, and completed a paper-based lifestyle questionnaire to provide relevant background data. RESULTS: Of the 1689 visitors to the website, 980 (58.0%) volunteers completed the Web-based self-screening questionnaire. Among these, 355 (36.2%) respondents reported five or more dry eye symptoms. Then, 99 (27.9%) of the symptomatic participants performed the Schirmer test and completed the paper-based lifestyle questionnaire. Out of these, 32 (32.2%) had abnormal tear production (≤5 mm). CONCLUSIONS: The proposed Web-based self-screening questionnaire seems to be a promising tool for raising awareness of dry eye disease among general Internet users and identifying those with a higher risk of developing the condition, although further research is needed to validate its effectiveness. JMIR Publications Inc. 2013-09-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3785952/ /pubmed/24072379 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2198 Text en ©Motoko Kawashima, Miki Uchino, Takashi Kawazoe, Masaaki Kamiyashiki, Kokoro Sano, Kazuo Tsubota. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 27.09.2013. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.
spellingShingle Original Paper
Kawashima, Motoko
Uchino, Miki
Kawazoe, Takashi
Kamiyashiki, Masaaki
Sano, Kokoro
Tsubota, Kazuo
A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health
title A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health
title_full A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health
title_fullStr A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health
title_full_unstemmed A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health
title_short A Field Test of Web-Based Screening for Dry Eye Disease to Enhance Awareness of Eye Problems Among General Internet Users: A Latent Strategy to Promote Health
title_sort field test of web-based screening for dry eye disease to enhance awareness of eye problems among general internet users: a latent strategy to promote health
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24072379
http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/jmir.2198
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