Dry Eyes Status on Des Scale and Related Factors in Outpatients at Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology

BACKGROUND: Dry eye (DE) can effect on quality of life by pain, inability to perform certain activities that require prolonged attention (driving, reading,…) and productivity at work and finally effect to Q0L associated with DE. OSDI is scale questionnaire is created team to measure the quality of life related to ocular surface disease. AIM: To describe the dry eye disease according to OSDI scale and related factors of this disease. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out on outpatients (≥ 16-year-old) who were examined and diagnosed with dry eyes at Vietnam National Institute Of Ophthalmology from April to July 2018. Data was collected using the OSDI questionnaire. RESULTS: The average age of participants was 44.6 years; 80.9% of patients were female; 39.9% were identified having mild dry eye. The related factors have been identified that associated with severe dry eye, including age OR = 1.03 (95% CI: 1.01-1.05, p = 0.005), binocular good vision OR = 0.11 (95% CI: 0.05-0.23; p < 0.0001), medical history OR = 17.09 (95% CI: 2.24-130.25; p < 0.0001), chronic conjunctivitis OR = 0.36 (95% CI: 0.14-0.91; p = 0.027), refractive errors OR = 0.14 (95% CI: 0.04-0.48; p < 0.0001), Sjogren’s syndrome OR = 31.13 (95% CI: 7.08-136.76; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Several related factors have been identified associated with severe dry eye, including: age, binocular good vision, medical history, chronic conjunctivitis, refractive errors, Sjogren’s syndrome.