Study looks at associations between dry eye, depression

Women with dry eye symptoms had higher odds of having depression compared with symptom-free patients, according to a cross-sectional study.
Researchers included 3,514 participants from nine international sites who were enrolled in the Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance. The women met at least one of five inclusion criteria for registry enrollment, which included dry eye or dry mouth symptoms, a previous diagnosis of Sjögren’s syndrome, abnormal serology, bilateral parotid gland enlargement or multiple dental caries.
According to the study, 2,075

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