Social Determinants of Dry Eye in the United States: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To conduct a systematic review to summarize current evidence on associations between social determinants of health (SDOH) indicators and dry eye in the United States.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

We followed a protocol registered on Open Science Framework to include studies that examined associations between SDOH indicators and dry eye. We mapped SDOH indicators to 1 of the 5 domains following the Healthy People 2030 framework and categorized dry eye measures into "dry eye diagnosis and care," "dry eye symptoms," or "ocular surface parameters." We summarized the direction of association between SDOH indicators and dry eye as worsening, beneficial, or null. We used items from the Newcastle Ottawa Scale to assess risk of bias.

Results

Eighteen studie

SUBMITTER: Liu SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11031303 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature