Karamay City Prevalence Of Dry Eye Epidemiological Analysis

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of dry eye and related risk factors of dry eye in populations8-78years old in Karamay city.Methods: The venues of Epidemiological investigation were selected by cluster random sampling insampling points of Karamay District6City neighborhood populations from January to August2013.8-78years old were registered to determine the list of participants.Every participant from the sampling point wasinformed and checked in the implementation phase of subjects,the survey included symptoms of dry eyeand related medical history questionnaire and eye examination.The symptoms of dry eye questionnaireinclude dry,gritty or sandy sensation,burning sensation,red,srusting on lashes,eyelids heavy sensation. Eyeexamination include Tear-film break-up time, Fluorescein staining of the cornea,and Schirmer I test.Excel2007software was used to creat the database.The diagnosis of dry eye was referred to the diagnosticcriteria.The SPSS17.0software was used to analyze the database.Results: In the total of700eligible subjects,565accepted the examination with the participating rate of80.71%, the average age (38.8±17.7) years old. male subjects crowd of245people (43.36%), theaverage age (39.74±16.99) years old, female320(56.64%), mean age (38.04±18.13) years old.152individuals were diagnosed as dry eye, and the prevalence rate was26.90%.152dry eye patients including48men and104women,the dry eye prevalence rate of male was19.59%, the dry eye prevalence rate offemale was32.50%.The average age of patients with dry eye (35.22±17.04) years of age, differences inthe prevalence of dry eye ages statistically significant (t ’=-9.12a, P <0.01).137patients with dry eye Han,Hui4,8Uygur and Kazak two people, a Mongolian people of different ethnic differences in theprevalence of dry eye group and the normal group of patients was statistically significant (x2=16.22, P<0.01). Han dry eye prevalence in other ethnic groups. The prevalence of dry eye in different occupationalgroups differences were statistically significant.(x2=67.36, P <0.01). By long-term use eye drops dry eyeprevalence in those who do not use eye drops (x2=42.96, P <0.01). In the female population, theprevalence of dry eye amenorrhea amenorrhea in the crowd did not.(x2=33.79, P <0.01). Differentcultural differences in the extent of the prevalence of dry eye by group and normal group of patients wasstatistically significant (x2=14.57, P <0.01).Conclusions: According to the factors concerned,the main factors of dry eye syndrome invasion werewomen, occupation and long-term use of eye drops, age, ethnic,Amenorrhea and educational backgroundalso influenced the dry eye syndrome invasion to some extent.