TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of ocular surface disease symptoms and risk factors in group of university students in Monterrey, Mexico
AU - Garza-León, Manuel
AU - Valencia-Garza, Miguel
AU - Martínez-Leal, Bernardo
AU - Villarreal-Peña, Pablo
AU - Marcos-Abdala, Hernán Gerardo
AU - Cortéz-Guajardo, Ana Lucía
AU - Jasso-Banda, Arturo
N1 - Funding Information:
Miguel Valencia Garza gratefully acknowledges the scholarship from Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) to pursue his postgraduate studies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, The Author(s).
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - © 2016, The Author(s). Background: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms of ocular surface disease and its relationship with associated risk factors in students from the University of Monterrey using Ocular Surface Disease (OSDI) questionnaire. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between October and December 2014 to assess the prevalence and risk factors for ocular surface disease in a group of students from Universidad de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. The severity of the disease was measured via the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire. Results: The OSDI average value was 26.85 ± 20.79 points, with 70.4% of students (579) had OSDI score higher than 12 points. Women had ocular surface disease 1.63 times more than men (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.13,1.48). Students who used ophthalmic drops have an OR 2.00 (95% CI 1.65,2.40), and students who smoke have an OR 1.24 (95% CI 1.06,1.46). Use of contact lenses, hours in front of computer or history of refractive surgery has low-estimated effect on the probability of presenting an ocular disease. Conclusions: University students have a prevalence of 70.4% of ocular surface disease (OSD). OSD was associated with gender (women have a higher prevalence), smoking and the use of eye drops. A program to modify these risk factors to reduce the prevalence is needed.
AB - © 2016, The Author(s). Background: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of symptoms of ocular surface disease and its relationship with associated risk factors in students from the University of Monterrey using Ocular Surface Disease (OSDI) questionnaire. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted between October and December 2014 to assess the prevalence and risk factors for ocular surface disease in a group of students from Universidad de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. The severity of the disease was measured via the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) questionnaire. Results: The OSDI average value was 26.85 ± 20.79 points, with 70.4% of students (579) had OSDI score higher than 12 points. Women had ocular surface disease 1.63 times more than men (OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.13,1.48). Students who used ophthalmic drops have an OR 2.00 (95% CI 1.65,2.40), and students who smoke have an OR 1.24 (95% CI 1.06,1.46). Use of contact lenses, hours in front of computer or history of refractive surgery has low-estimated effect on the probability of presenting an ocular disease. Conclusions: University students have a prevalence of 70.4% of ocular surface disease (OSD). OSD was associated with gender (women have a higher prevalence), smoking and the use of eye drops. A program to modify these risk factors to reduce the prevalence is needed.
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U2 - 10.1186/s12348-016-0114-z
DO - 10.1186/s12348-016-0114-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 27864795
AN - SCOPUS:84996602371
SN - 1869-5760
VL - 6
SP - 44
JO - Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
JF - Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection
IS - 1
M1 - 44
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