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Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 has necessitate the routine use of masks worldwide. This study assessed the relationship between wearing a facemask and dry eye disease (DED) among a sample of medical students in Jordan. METHODS: This cross-sectional online survey enrolled medical students from...

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Autores principales: Al-dolat, Wedad, Abu-Ismail, Luai, Khamees, Almu’atasim, Alqudah, Noor, Abukawan, Mohammed M., Alrawashdeh, Hamzeh Mohammad, Al Momani, Waleed, Kheirallah, Khaled A.
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8988476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35392860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02377-z
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author Al-dolat, Wedad
Abu-Ismail, Luai
Khamees, Almu’atasim
Alqudah, Noor
Abukawan, Mohammed M.
Alrawashdeh, Hamzeh Mohammad
Al Momani, Waleed
Kheirallah, Khaled A.
author_facet Al-dolat, Wedad
Abu-Ismail, Luai
Khamees, Almu’atasim
Alqudah, Noor
Abukawan, Mohammed M.
Alrawashdeh, Hamzeh Mohammad
Al Momani, Waleed
Kheirallah, Khaled A.
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description BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 has necessitate the routine use of masks worldwide. This study assessed the relationship between wearing a facemask and dry eye disease (DED) among a sample of medical students in Jordan. METHODS: This cross-sectional online survey enrolled medical students from all medical schools in Jordan. The questionnaire, which was shared via social media platforms, assessed sociodemographic information, ocular and medical history, facemask-wearing habits, the use of ocular devices, and the relationship with ocular discomfort. The ocular surface disease index (OSDI) questionnaire was also administered to quantify DED symptoms. RESULTS: A total of 1,219 students participated in this study. In total, 58.3% participants were females, and 52% were in the clinical science years. Symptomatic DED was found in 71.7% of participants. Female sex, basic science years, allergy reporting, and spending more than 6 h looking at screens were significantly associated with symptomatic DED. CONCLUSION: Wearing a facemask was not significantly associated with symptomatic DED. Further studies are needed to investigate the effect of wearing a facemask on the ocular surface. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12886-022-02377-z.
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spelling pubmed-89884762022-04-09 Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey Al-dolat, Wedad Abu-Ismail, Luai Khamees, Almu’atasim Alqudah, Noor Abukawan, Mohammed M. Alrawashdeh, Hamzeh Mohammad Al Momani, Waleed Kheirallah, Khaled A. BMC Ophthalmol Research Article BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 has necessitate the routine use of masks worldwide. This study assessed the relationship between wearing a facemask and dry eye disease (DED) among a sample of medical students in Jordan. METHODS: This cross-sectional online survey enrolled medical students from all medical schools in Jordan. The questionnaire, which was shared via social media platforms, assessed sociodemographic information, ocular and medical history, facemask-wearing habits, the use of ocular devices, and the relationship with ocular discomfort. The ocular surface disease index (OSDI) questionnaire was also administered to quantify DED symptoms. RESULTS: A total of 1,219 students participated in this study. In total, 58.3% participants were females, and 52% were in the clinical science years. Symptomatic DED was found in 71.7% of participants. Female sex, basic science years, allergy reporting, and spending more than 6 h looking at screens were significantly associated with symptomatic DED. CONCLUSION: Wearing a facemask was not significantly associated with symptomatic DED. Further studies are needed to investigate the effect of wearing a facemask on the ocular surface. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12886-022-02377-z. BioMed Central 2022-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8988476/ /pubmed/35392860 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02377-z Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Al-dolat, Wedad
Abu-Ismail, Luai
Khamees, Almu’atasim
Alqudah, Noor
Abukawan, Mohammed M.
Alrawashdeh, Hamzeh Mohammad
Al Momani, Waleed
Kheirallah, Khaled A.
Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey
title Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey
title_full Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey
title_fullStr Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey
title_full_unstemmed Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey
title_short Is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the COVID-19 era? An online survey
title_sort is wearing a face mask associated with symptomatic dry eye disease among medical students during the covid-19 era? an online survey
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8988476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35392860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-022-02377-z
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