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KMID : 0922320220290030310
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2022 Volume.29 No. 3 p.310 ~ p.318
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Effects of dry eye syndrome symptoms and asthenopia on vision-related quality of life in middle-aged patients with dry eye syndrome
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Yoon Hye-Sook
Kim Hyun-Kyoung
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Abstract
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Purpose: This is a cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the effects of dry eye syndrome symptoms and eye fatigue on the vision-related quality of life (QOL) of middle-aged patients with dry eye syndrome.
Methods: The participants of this study were 94 ophthalmology clinic outpatients aged 40?59 years who were diagnosed with dry eye syndrome at A and S Ophthalmology Clinics in D City, South Korea, and were exhibiting dry eye syndrome symptoms. Data were collected from July 5, 2021 to July 22, 2021, and analyzed using independent t-test, analysis of variance, Scheffe test, Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis using the SPSS/WIN 25.0 program.
Results: The severity of dry eye syndrome symptoms and asthenopia (r=.73, p<.001) in the participants were positively correlated, whereas the severity of dry eye syndrome symptoms and vision-related quality of life (r=-.76, p<.001) were negatively correlated. Additionally, there was a negative relationship between eye fatigue and vision-related QOL (r=-.55, p<.001). It was found that the final factors affecting the vision-related QOL of middle-aged patients with dry eye syndrome were the severity of dry eye syndrome symptoms (β=-0.76, p<.001) and dry eye stress (β=-0.14, p=.048). The explanatory power of vision-related QOL in the participants was 56.0%.
Conclusion: To develop indices that can objectively measure patients’ subjective symptoms for improving their vision-related QOL is necessary.
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KEYWORD
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Asthenopia, Cross-sectional study, Dry eye syndrome, Middle-aged, Quality of life
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