A New Screening Questionnaire to Identify Patients With Dry Eye With a High Likelihood of Having Sjogren Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To develop a screening questionnaire to identify patients with dry eye with a high likelihood of having underlying Sjögren syndrome (SS).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of participants with dry eye complaints who were self-referred or referred by an ophthalmologist to the Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance study. Symptoms and ocular surface examination findings were candidate predictors. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for the association of a symptom and/or ocular sign with SS. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was used to summarize the predictive ability of different regression models and the derived

SUBMITTER: Bunya VY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7779700 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature