The role of the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society (TFOS) Dry Eye Workshop (DEWS) II
Diagnostic Methodology Subcommittee was 1) to identify tests used to diagnose and monitor …

Dry eye disease (DED) is a frequently observed eye complaint, which has recently attracted
considerable research interest. Conventional therapy for DED involves the use of artificial …

Air pollution is inevitably the result of human civilization, industrialization, and globalization.
It is composed of a mixture of gases and particles at harmful levels. Particulate matter (PM) …

Dry eye is a common, multifactorial disease currently diagnosed by a combination of
symptoms and signs. Its epidemiology and clinical presentation have many similarities with …

Human cornea is covered by an aqueous tear film, and the outermost layer of the tear film is
coated by lipids. This so-called tear film lipid layer (TFLL) reduces surface tension of the tear …

PURPOSE: To validate a subset of Dry Eye Questionnaire (DEQ) items that discriminate
across self-assessed severity and various diagnoses of dry eye (DE). METHODS: Subjects …

Purpose: To characterize the psychometric properties of the standard patient evaluation of
eye dryness (SPEED) questionnaire and to validate and compare its performance with 4 …

PURPOSE: To compare tear cytokine and chemokine concentrations in asymptomatic
control and Dysfunctional Tear syndrome (DTS) patients and determine the correlations …

Background/aims To estimate the prevalence and risk factors of dry eye disease (DED) in a
female cohort in the UK. Methods Population-based cross-sectional association study of …

Purpose. To determine the intraexaminer repeatability and interexaminer reproducibility of
tear meniscus height (TMH) and noninvasive Keratograph tear breakup time (NIKBUT) …