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Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study

PURPOSE: Incidences of ocular conditions, including meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), blepharitis, and dry eye have been increasing globally. Eyelid hygiene is key to maintaining ocular surface health and improving ocular symptoms. This study investigated the awareness of eyelid hygiene among the S...

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Autores principales: Alhamazani, Manal A., Alnabri, Maram S., Alreshidi, Meshael N., Alsulaiman, Hamad M., Strianese, Diego, Althaqib, Rawan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35814984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_25_20
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author Alhamazani, Manal A.
Alnabri, Maram S.
Alreshidi, Meshael N.
Alsulaiman, Hamad M.
Strianese, Diego
Althaqib, Rawan N.
author_facet Alhamazani, Manal A.
Alnabri, Maram S.
Alreshidi, Meshael N.
Alsulaiman, Hamad M.
Strianese, Diego
Althaqib, Rawan N.
author_sort Alhamazani, Manal A.
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description PURPOSE: Incidences of ocular conditions, including meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), blepharitis, and dry eye have been increasing globally. Eyelid hygiene is key to maintaining ocular surface health and improving ocular symptoms. This study investigated the awareness of eyelid hygiene among the Saudi population. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey was conducted between April 2020 and May 2020 across all regions of Saudi Arabia through the distribution of an electronic self-administered questionnaire among the Saudi population. RESULTS: A total of 1102 responses were received (women, 76.3%; men, 23.7%). Only 33.2% respondents reported consciously washing their eyelids, while 70.1% had never heard about MGD; however, most of the respondents (93.2%) had heard about dry eye. Based on the questionnaire results, the Saudi population had suboptimal (18.4%) level of awareness of eyelid hygiene. At least one ocular symptom was reported by 98.1% of the respondents. CONCLUSION: The level of awareness of eyelid hygiene in Saudi Arabia was found to be suboptimal, particularly among patients with MGD and dry eyes. Poor knowledge about the benefits of daily eyelid hygiene was the primary barrier to its practice. We recommend that ophthalmologists raise awareness of good eyelid hygiene among patients with MGD and eye dryness. Despite the current findings, further studies and evidence are required before recommending daily eyelid hygiene practices in the general population, including those without clinical symptoms of MGD or eye dryness.
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spelling pubmed-92664702022-07-09 Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study Alhamazani, Manal A. Alnabri, Maram S. Alreshidi, Meshael N. Alsulaiman, Hamad M. Strianese, Diego Althaqib, Rawan N. Saudi J Ophthalmol Original Article PURPOSE: Incidences of ocular conditions, including meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), blepharitis, and dry eye have been increasing globally. Eyelid hygiene is key to maintaining ocular surface health and improving ocular symptoms. This study investigated the awareness of eyelid hygiene among the Saudi population. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey was conducted between April 2020 and May 2020 across all regions of Saudi Arabia through the distribution of an electronic self-administered questionnaire among the Saudi population. RESULTS: A total of 1102 responses were received (women, 76.3%; men, 23.7%). Only 33.2% respondents reported consciously washing their eyelids, while 70.1% had never heard about MGD; however, most of the respondents (93.2%) had heard about dry eye. Based on the questionnaire results, the Saudi population had suboptimal (18.4%) level of awareness of eyelid hygiene. At least one ocular symptom was reported by 98.1% of the respondents. CONCLUSION: The level of awareness of eyelid hygiene in Saudi Arabia was found to be suboptimal, particularly among patients with MGD and dry eyes. Poor knowledge about the benefits of daily eyelid hygiene was the primary barrier to its practice. We recommend that ophthalmologists raise awareness of good eyelid hygiene among patients with MGD and eye dryness. Despite the current findings, further studies and evidence are required before recommending daily eyelid hygiene practices in the general population, including those without clinical symptoms of MGD or eye dryness. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9266470/ /pubmed/35814984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_25_20 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Alhamazani, Manal A.
Alnabri, Maram S.
Alreshidi, Meshael N.
Alsulaiman, Hamad M.
Strianese, Diego
Althaqib, Rawan N.
Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study
title Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study
title_full Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study
title_fullStr Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study
title_full_unstemmed Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study
title_short Assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in Saudi Arabia: An online survey study
title_sort assessing public awareness of daily eyelid hygiene habits in saudi arabia: an online survey study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35814984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_25_20
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