Survey of Ophthalmologists Regarding Practice Patterns for Dry Eye and Sjogren Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To survey ophthalmologists about current practice patterns regarding the evaluation of dry eye patients and referrals for a Sjogren syndrome (SS) workup.

Methods

An online survey was sent to ophthalmologists affiliated with the Scheie Eye Institute or Wills Eye Hospital using REDCap in August 2015. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data.

Results

Four hundred seventy-four survey invitations were sent out and 101 (21%) ophthalmologists completed the survey. The common traditional dry eye test performed was corneal fluorescein staining (62%) and the most common newer dry eye test performed was tear osmolarity (18%). Half of respondents (51%) refer fewer than 5% of their dry eye patients for SS workups, with 18% reporting that they never refer an

SUBMITTER: Bunya VY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6046269 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature